France vs Italy

France will face Italy on Sunday in their first contest of this year's UEFA Women's EURO 2022 tournament - here's all you need to know.

Wales 1-2 France (Apr 8) France 1-1 Italy France will face Italy on Sunday in their first contest of this year's UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 tournament.

Italy's Euro 2022 campaign kicks off this evening with a tough test against one of the pre-tournament favourites France.

Bertolini will be hoping to build off that World Cup success in 2019 now at Euro 2022, their next major tournament. A win against France tonight would give the Azzurre a huge advantage in the fight to progress to the knock-out stages, so Bertolini and her squad will look to pull off the impossible at the New York Stadium this evening. The Azzurre will take on the star-studded French side at 20:00 UK time at the New York Stadium in Rochdale and both teams will be looking to kickstart their tournament with a decisive showing.

France head into the tournament as one of the favourites as they take on Italy in their opening game.

Italy though will be aiming to cause an upset in their opening game. With 25 goals in just 30 appearances for her country, she will certainly one to watch during the tournament. Having seen what the first three groups have to offer, tonight it’s the turn of Group D. And after Belgium and Iceland have gone head to head, it will be the turn of France and Italy to do battle.

Wendie Renard's side found themselves leading by five goals at the half-time break, with Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Delphine Cascarino also on the score ...

Eventually they did in the end. Absolutely woeful at the back. Italy, on the other hand? It was a reckless tackle, but... She will have to walk a tightrope for the rest of this game. The ball broke kindly for Bonansea on the edge of the box and she pulled the trigger. it has been overturned! A cross came in from the left-hand side, and Geyoro fired home into the far corner from aplomb to ensure she will be taking home the match ball. Linari was handed a golden chance to tap in from six yards, but she was not able to smuggled the ball into the net. This was a real statement from France. They are one of the favourites to triumph this summer, that's for sure. Geyoro netted a hat-trick in the first half, with Cascarino and Katoto also getting in on the act. The goal was Paris St Germain forward Katoto's 26th in 31 international appearances and she could have had another when she hit the post in the 16th as a confident France dominated possession on their way to topping the group.

The action continues, and we've another cracker in store tonight as France and Italy meet in Group D. It's the second game in the group today with Belgium ...

She's only been on the pitch a few minutes! A game that was done and dusted at the break as France led by five goals. - 21:57