Belgium v Italy: Women's Euro 2025
Date: 2025-07-03T15:00:21.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: Hello, hallo, ciao and welcome to coverage of Belgium v Italy at Euro 2025. The tournament kicked off yesterday with Finland beating Iceland 1-0 and hosts Switzerland suffering a 2-1 defeat to Norway.
Today, we move on to Group B which could prove to be the pick of the bunch. With Spain expected to seal the top spot, Belgium and Italy could both still be in contention for the second knockout qualification place come the final match of the round on July 11. This year, Belgium will be aiming to reach the quarter-finals for just the second time in their history. However, the Italians will be very difficult to beat.
Kick-off for this one is 5pm BST.
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