GAME RESULTS
December 19, 1998
Picenum	1	Torres	1
Goas	2	Fiammamonza	0
Gravina	2	Modena	2
Lugo	1	Agliana	2
Milan	3	Lazio	0
Sarzana	2	Bologna	2
Torino	3	Bardolino	0
Verona	2	Pisa	0

Comments
The 13th week of the championship will pick up again on January 16th (the National Team comes back from the Australian Cup the day before).

Agliana v Verona
Bardolino v Sarzani
Pisa v Torres
Fiammamonza v Picenum
Gravina v Torino
Lazio v Geas
Milan v Lugo
Modena v Bologna

December 8, 1998
Results of the 10th week of the Italian Serie A 1st division
games played on December 5th

GAME RESULTS
December 5, 1998
Agliana	1	Torino	1
Bologna	1	Picenum	1
Bardolino	2	Geas	0
Pisa	1	Sarzana	0
Fiammamonza	2	Verona	3
Gravina - Milan (suspended)
Lazio	3	Lugo	0
Modena - Torres (suspended)

The 11th week of the championship will be played on December 12th:

Picenum - Pisa
Geas - Agliana
Lugo - Gravina
Milan - Modena
Sarzana - Fiammamonza
Torino - Lazio
Torres - Bologna
Verona - Bardolino

Comments
From at least a psychological point of view, Morace's Lazio becomes
a stronger contender for the championship title as it clinched 1st place
during the 3rd consecutive match played on home field against Lugo in a
3-0 victory. The 1st place position might only be momentary because two
games, Gravina-Milan and Modena-Torres, were not played due to an
insufficient number of players and poor weather conditions respectively.
The Lazio-Lugo match saw the Roman team left with ten players as Alvino
was ejected for a double yellow-card. Patrizia Panico once again came
through, this time with two goals, with the third being scored by her
national teammate Zorri. What happened, or better yet what didn't
happen, in the two matches mentioned above was rather unusual: after
only 9 minutes Gravina (which by the way showed up with only the minimum
number of 7 players on the field) found itself down to 6 players due to an
injury. Regulations prevailed and so the match was suspended. In this
case Milan will be most likely awarded the 2-0 victory as the other team
was not able to finish the match. Modena-Torres was suspended with 10
minutes left in the 1-1 match because of poor visibility due to fog.
The game will be re-scheduled at a later date.

The championship schedule has been slightly modified as a result of the
upcoming tournament in Australia of the Italian national female team.
This year Lugo, as a result of the transfer of many players from one
club to another, is missing national team captain Carta and Ulivi (both
are playing for Picenum alongside of former Modena player Jill Rutten).
Lazio is also flying high thanks to Patrizia Panico's great performance
due in part to the meticulous preparation and guidance of her coach,
Carolina Morace.

November 30, 1998
Results of the 9th week of the Italian Serie A championship
played on November 28
By Mario Rimati

GAME RESULTS

November 28, 1998

Agliana	0	Milan	3
Bologna	0	Verona	0
Bardolino	4	Lugo	0
Pisa	2	Geas	1
Fiammamonza	2	Torino	4
Lazio	6	Gravina	0
Modena	1	Picenum	2
Torres	2	Sarzana	2

The 10th week of the 1st division games will be on December 5th

Agliana v Torino
Bologna v Picenum
Bardolino v Geas
Pisa v Sarzana
Fiammamonza v Verona
Gravina v Milan
Lazio v Lugo
Modena v Torres

Comments
Morace's Lazio came down like an avalanche on Gravina Catania with a
6-0 result on their home field. National team player Patrizia Panico scored 4
goals to lead the team to an easy victory over Gravina( missing
3 of its key players). Panico's performance has definitely convinced
head coach Facchin to call her to the next training camp with the rest
of the national team scheduled for Dec. 6th. Some believe that Carolina's
heir just might be wearing a Lazio shirt (in the name of Panico of
course).

November 29, 1998
Australia host to Italy and Canada in AUSTRALIA CUP Tournament
to be held January 6-13, 1999 in Sydney and Canberra

The Italian National Team will be taking part in the 1st Australia Cup tournament in Sydney and Canberra from January 6-13, 1999. The tournament includes Australia, Italy and Canada; three teams that have qualified for the 1999 World Cup. Italy will leave for Australia on Sunday, January 3rd. Its first match will be played at the Marconi Stadium in Sydney on January 6th at 7.30 p.m. (3.30 a.m. ET) against Canada. Head coach Carlo Facchin and his team will play at the same time on Friday, January 8th against Australia. Australia and Canada will play on January 10 in Canberra to be followed by the final in the same city between the two top-placed teams of the tournament. In Italy Facchinis holding a training camp at the technical center in Coverciano (near Florence) from December 6-9. The team roster will be announced on Monday, November 30.

November 22, 1998
Results of the 8th week of the Italian Serie (1st division) championship played November 21, 1998

GAME RESULTS
November 21, 1998
Geas	2	Bologna	0
Gravina	0	Agliana	3
Lazio	2	Modena (the former club of Morace, Tesse and Panico)	0
Lugo	2	Fiammamonza	2
Milan	2	Bardolino	1
Sarzana	0	Picenum	0
Torino	5	Pisa	1
Verona	0	Torres	2

Games 9 (November 28) will be the following

Agliana - Milan
Bologna - Verona
Bardolino - Lugo
Pisa - Geas
Fiammamonza - Torino
Lazio - Gravina
Modena - Picenum
Torres - Sarzana

Comments

Head coach Carolina Morace lead Lazio's Manuela Tesse, Patrizia Panico
and Laura Cascella to a 2-0 victory over their former club Modena (the
four "musketeers" spent 2 seasons with last year's 1st division
champions). Things remain unchanged in the standings as Torres managed
to beat Verona 2-0 and Milan edged by Bardolino 2-1.

November 15, 1998
Results of the 7th week of the Italian Serie A Games played November 14
By Mario Rimati

GAME RESULTS
November 14, 1998
Agliana	2	Lazio	2
Torres	1	Geas	2
Bardolino	3	Gravina	1
Fiammamonza	0	Milan	4
Pisa	3	Lugo	0
Bologna	0	Torino	3
Picenum	2	Verona	0
Modena	2	Sarzana	1

The 8th week games of the championship will be November 21, 1998

Geas - Bologna
Gravina - Agliana
Lazio - Modena (the former club of Morace, Tesse and Panico)
Lugo - Fiammamonza
Milan - Bardolino
Sarzana - Picenum
Torino - Pisa
Verona - Torres

Comments

Morace's Lazio team inches closer to 1st place as they tied Agliana in an
away match. Lazio was left in the 2nd half with 10 players due to a red
card. National team member Zorri came through with 2 goals for Lazio.
There was a small upset as Torres fell to Geas in a 1-2 match. Milan,
playing at Fiammamonza, won 4-0 to secure along with Torres 1st place in
the standings even though Lazio is not too far behind with a margin of 2
points.

November 8, 1998
Results of sixth week of Italy's Serie A Games played November 7
By Mario Rimati

GAME RESULTS
November 7, 1998
Agliana	1	Modena	1
Geas	2	Picenum	2
Gravina	0	Fiammamonza	0
Lazio	2	Bardolino	1
Lugo	2	Bologna	1
Milan	5	Pisa	0
Torino	0	Torres	2
Verona	0	Sarzana	2

Comments:

Morace's Lazio hangs on to beat Bardolino by a narrow margin as Milan's
landslide victory over Pisa leaves it tied for 2nd place with the Roman
team. Torres is still 1st with a 3 point lead over the two clubs.

November 2, 1998
Results of the 5th week of Italy's Serie A By Mario Rimati

GAME RESULTS
Bologna	1	Milan	6
Torres	5	Lugo	1
Pisa	3	Gravina	1
Fiammamonza	1	Lazio	2
Bardolino	3	Agliana	3
Modena	1	Verona	1
Picenum	1	Torino	0
Sarzana	1	Geas	2

Comments

Carolina Morace's Lazio beat Fiammamonza (the club where Natalina Levati, the president of the Italian Female Division, worked alongside of her coach-husband for 28 years), to gain 2nd position in the Italian championship.

This game had two women head coaches, Morace and Czech national team player Novakova who is also a player and scored Fiammamonza's only goal. Lazio is now 3 points away from 1st place Torres who bulldozed

Lugo 5-1 (hat-trick by Guarino). The Roman club is now tied for 2nd place along with Milan which beat last place Bologna.

October 25, 1998
Results of the 4th week of Italy's Serie A By Mario Rimati

Lugo 2 Picenum 0 Gravina 1 Bologna 0 Lazio 6 Pisa 0 Agliana 6 Fiammamonza 2 Bardolino 1 Modena 0 Torino 3 Sarzana 0 Milan 2 Torres 3 Geas 0 Verona 1

Comments

Twenty-three year-old national team member and forward Patrizia Panico scored 5 goals in a major upset victory on Saturday as Morace's Lazio defeated Pisa in a 6-0 home match. Panico also scored on a penalty kick as the other goal was scored by national teammate Tatiana Zorri. The win propels both the Roman team to 2nd place along with four other teams in the standings and Panico at the top of a small group of leading goalscorers. Torres, victory against Milan places it alone in command of the championship. The interesting match will be next week as Milan faces second-last Bologna.

In the 2nd match of the Italian Cup tournament Morace's Lazio buries
Sorrento 7-1
By Mario Rimati

National players Zorri and Panico both scored 2 goals, followed by former national team member Bavagnoli, Caprini and Giampiccolo with one goal each. Lazio tied its 1st match 1-1 at home with Gravina.

Sunday, October 18, 1998 results of the 3rd week of Italy's Serie A
By Mario Rimani

GAME RESULTS
October 18, 1998
Picenum	0	Milan	2
Bologna	0	Lazio	1
Pisa	0	Agliana	1
Fiammamonza	1	Bardolino	0
Modena	2	Geas	1
Sarzana	1	Lugo	1
Torres	3	Gravina	0
Verona	1	Torino	3

Morace's Lazio manages to win with 5 minutes left in the game thanks to
a penalty kick by national team member Zorri.

Results of the 2nd week of Italy's Serie A October 10, 1998
By Mario Rimati

GAME RESULTS
October 10, 1998
Agliana	7	Bologna	0
Bardolino	7	Pisa	0
Fiammamonza	0	Modena	7
Gravina	0	Picenum	3
Lazio	0	Torres	4
Lugo	0	Verona	0
Milan	4	Sarzana	0
Torino	3	Geas	0

Comment

Morace wakes up to crude reality as her Lazio team loses 0-4 on home field to Sardinian team Torres. Playing and coaching are two distinctly different things as the former national team captain has found out.

GAME RESULTS
September 26
Picenum	0	Lazio	1
Bologna	0	Bardolino	0
Pisa	1	Fiammamonza	3
Geas	1	Lugo	0
Modena	3	Torino	1
Sarzana	1	Gravina	1
Torres	3	Agliana	2
Verona	1	Milan	7

News

The big news this year is that at the helm of Lazio is former national team captain Carolina Morace (12 championship titles to her name), but not as a
player this time (at least not for the moment) but as head coach. There
are speculations that she'll be unable to sit permanently on the bench
for too long and will perhaps follow in the footsteps of her
predecessor, former national teammate Betty Bavagnoli, as the team's
player-coach, depending how Lazio performs this year.

Morace's debut on Lazio's bench was a positive one, even though the team
ended up playing with 10 players due to a foul from behind. The game
against Picenum also saw the 1st division debut of 16 year-old Maria
Sorvillo who played several years with Roma's 2nd division team (the
team where I've been coaching the g.keepers for the last 3 seasons).
Carolina also fielded Bavagnoli for this important match. The head
coach was asked after the game her thoughts of watching the game from
the bench as opposed to the field: "I didn't really feel anything in
particular except for the fact of feeling slightly older. The girls
though did end up coming through for me."

Breakdown of the players who have moved from one club to another:

Brenzan (national g.keeper) Torres to Milan (Supercup champions)
Madsen defender Lugo to Milan
Panico* forward Modena to Lazio
Tesse* midfielder Modena to Lazio
Nappi* g.keeper Modena to Lazio
Deiana defender Cascine to V.Torres
Tavalazzi defender Cascine to V.Torres
Guarino forward Cascine to V.Torres
Forlucci g.keeper Agliana to Torres
Sberti forward Pisa to Agliana
Salmaso defender Lugo to Modena
Miniati defender Torino to Picenum
Nannini defender Algiana to Picenum
Carta midfielder Lugo to Picenum
Ulivi forward Lugo to Picenum

*N.B. Morace's former teammates at Modena. The team has lost several
players to other teams. For the last two seasons Modena has dominated
the standings and just last season won the championship with Morace. C.
Vica, last season's runner-up to Modena has dropped down to the 2nd
division due to financial problems.

The Serie A will pick up again in two weeks' time as the national team
will meet at the technical training center in Coverciano.
Hopefully by that time Italy's new national team head coach will be
appointed (Sergio Vatta recently walked out on the team after a record 9
months). The probable candidate might be Carlo Facchin, the former head
coach of the five-a-side national (male) team.

The other news is that out of 90 referees involved in the female
championship this season, 18 are women, a number which is constantly on
the rise in Italy.

We presume that more coverage of female soccer in Italy will take place
now that Carolina is head coach of a 1st division team.

Carlo Facchin appointed as new Head Coach of Italy's National Women's Team.

Facchin was born in Italy on August 27, 1938. As a player he played in
all three Italian professional soccer divisions with 10 different
clubs. He's been a 1st level professional coach since 1984. Since the
1987/88 season he's been a national coaching instructor of the Italian
Soccer Federation's technical division.

Facchin was head coach from 1990-91 and from 1993-97 of the national
five-a-side men's team. His victories have been as follows:

• 1990 University World Cup champions in Parma, Italy;
• 1994 Mundialito champions in Milan, Italy;
• 1995 2nd place at the Mundialito World championship in Rio De Janeiro,
  Brazil;
• 1996 Winners of the "Four nations' tournament" in Padua, Italy;
• 1996 5th place at the World Cup championship in Spain.

In 1997/98 he was head coach of the Under-15 and Under-16 men's teams
-----------------------
Vittorio Russo remains as Head Coach of the Under-18 National Women's Team.

Italian Serie A (1st Division) Game Results
STANDINGS	GOALSCORERS	NEWS
May 30
Agliana-C.Vica	1-5
Lazio-Bardolino	0-1
Lugo-Milan	2-3
Modena-Sorrento	9-0
Pisa-Fiammamonza	3-1
Segrate-Sarzana	2-1
Torino-Riva	3-1
Torres-Picenum	1-0
May 23
Picenum-Modena	0-2 (1 goal by Morace; 1 goal at the 90th by Jill Rutten)
Bardolino-Agliana	0-1
C.Vica-Pisa	2-1
Fiammamonza-Segrate	0-2
Milan-Torres	4-2
Riva-Lazio	1-3
Sarzana-Lugo	1-4
Sorrento-Torino	1-1
May 2
Picenum-Lazio	3-2
Bardolino-Segrate	2-0
C.Vica-Sarzana	6-1
Lugo-Fiammamonza	2-2
Milan-Torino	2-0
Riva-Pisa	1-1
Sorrento-Agliana	1-1
Torres-Modena	0-3 (1 goal by Morace)
April 25
Agliana-Picenum	1-1
Fiammamonza-C.Vica	1-3
Lazio-Milan	2-0
Modena-Lugo	4-0 (1 goal by Morace)
Pisa-Sorrento	4-0
Sarzana-Bardolino	2-1
Segrate-Riva	2-1
Torino-Torres	2-1
April 4
Agliana-Torres	3-0
Cascine Vica-Bardolino	2-1
Fiammamonza-Riva	2-0
Lazio-Modena	1-5 (4 goals by Panico, Modena;1 goal by Morace, Modena)
Pisa-Milan	6-2
Sarzana-Sorrento	0-1
Segrate-Picenum	0-3
Torino-Lugo	0-2
March 28
Picenum-Sarzana	1-2
Lugo-Bardolino	0-3
Milan-Segrate	2-2
Modena-Agliana	5-2
(3 goals by Morace, Modena)	(2 goals by Panico, Modena)
Riva-Cascine Vica	0-2
Sorrento-Fiammamonza	0-1
Torino-Lazio	1-0
Torres-Pisa	3-0
March, 14
Picenum 0	Cascine Vica 1
Lazio1	Agliana 0
Lugo 1	Riva 2
Milan 0	Fiammamonza 0
Modena 5 (two goals by C.Morace)	Segrate 0
Sorrento 1	Bardolino 4
Torino 1	Pisa 5
Torres 1	Sarzana 1

Standings As of May 30 Team Points Modena 79 C.Vica 79 Pisa 66 Milan 48 Lugo 46 Agliana 46 Bardolino 39 Torres 37 Torino 32 F.Monza 31 Lazio 30 Picenum 30 Sarzana 28 Riva 27 Segrate 22 Sorrento 19

Leading Goalscorers   Player Team Goals Morace Modena 41 Sberti Pisa 38 Ulivi Lugo 32 Fiorini Agliana 30 Ulivieri Pisa 29 Panico Modena 29 Parejo Torres 28 Costanzo C.Vica 26 Carta Lugo 23 Placchi Bardolino 19

Other News From Italy

By Mario Rimati

June 7, 1998
Morace's Modena Wins Italian 1St. Division Championship (Scudetto) Beating Cascine Vica 2-0

June 7th: The game was played on the neutral field of Pavia in front of a "record" crowd of 1,000 people. Morace scored the first goal to make her once again leading goalscorer of the championship with 42 goals. National team member Panico scored in the second half thanks to a pass by American Jill Rutten.

MODENA	CASCINE VICA
Antonini Nicoli Principe Bertolini Tesse Cassanelli Rutten Serra Morace Ciardi Panico. Coach: Berselli.	Di Bernardo Deiana Valle Revello Correra Giorgetti D Alessio Tavalazzi Costanzo Iannuzzelli Guarino. Coach: Blanc

At 34 years of age it was Morace's 13th title victory with 8 different Italian teams. For the moment she has ended her playing career before moving on to become technical director of a men's amateur club on the island of Sardinia and a play-by-play commentator for an Italian television network during the upcoming men's World Cup in France.

May 30, 1998
Morace's Modena To Square Off Against Cascine Vica

Morace's Modena to square off against Cascine Vica in final and decisive game for the championship title Carolina Morace scored 5 goals to help Modena reach the final against Cascine Vica for the 1st division title match. America's Jill Rutten also scored in the 9-0 victory over last place Sorrento (which will be relegated to the 2nd division along with Riva and Segrate in next season's championship).

In the other important match of the day, C. Vica won 5-1 against Agliana. Both Modena and C.Vica have 79 points each so the final match will be played next Sunday on a neutral field. Morace is once again leading goalscorer of the championship with 41 goals.

Joseph Blatter Promises That If Elected To Fifa Presidency He Will Include A Woman In The Fifa Executive Committee--Why Only One?

Joseph Blatter promises that if elected to FIFA presidency he will include a woman in the FIFA Executive Committee--why only one? Equality suggests that 20% should be women!

Italian sports newspapers reported on Sunday that FIFA Secretary General Joseph Blatter, a candidate for the presidency of the world governing body of soccer, has said that if elected he will promise to include a woman in the Executive Committee of FIFA. According to Blatter, this will bring some badly needed "fresh air" to FIFA. He also went on to say that it only makes sense to have a woman in the executive body considering that "out of 200 million registered players in the world, 40 million are women".

April 24, 1998
England v Italy, International Friendly Report by Colin Aldis

In the 20th meeting between these two European rivals (the highest number for England against International teams) Italy showed why they are likely to reach the 3rd FIFA World Cup Finals next year, in a 2-1 win.

On a wet, cold and windy evening in Birmingham, England started well and could have scored in the 2nd minute. Gillian Coultard (winning cap No. 105) sent a long ball forward, and Melanie Garside was clear of the defence. But on the edge of the penalty area, Italian keeper Francesca Pulera just managed to clear the danger with her feet.

England kept up the early pressure with a corner on the right in the 5th minute, Susan Smith swung the ball in perfectly for Faye White, to send a header over the keeper and into the net, for the Arsenal defender's first international goal. After this early setback, Italy (who recently won a vital match against France), settled down to play some neat, constructive football. Their first chance came a minute later when Patrizia Panico hit a shot directly at Pauline Cope. Then a cross from the left by Florinda Ciardi was cleared by Susan Smith, with the return shot by Damiana Deiana going just wide of the right post.

In the 13th minute, Italy won a corner on the right, taken by Tatiana Zorri, but Gillian Coultard was in position to make the clearance. Then Sam Britton had to head away a free kick, followed by a shot from the left by Patrizia Panico, which curled past the right post.

In the 28th minute, England created a chance when Melanie Garside passed the ball inside for Gillian Coultard, who hit a low shot just wide of the left post. Moments later, Roberta Stefanelli had to limp off for treatment, with Luisa Marchio coming on to replace her after a short debate. Then Italian captain, Antonella Carta had a typical strong shot blocked, followed by another which went wide of the right post.

In the 37th minute, Danielle Murphy was shown the yellow card by local Premiership referee, Mike Reed for a reckless tackle on Anna Duo. The Italian defender had to be stretchered off and she was replaced a couple of minutes later. Just before the change, Claire Utley saw a strong shot deflected for a corner on the left. Elisa Miniati came on to help clear the danger and Italy responded by winning a corner on the right, but Danielle Murphy headed the ball away for a throw. Italy then won another corner on the right, which allowed Antonella Carta another shot, which flew just wide of the left post. Moments before the half- time whistle, Florinda Ciardi and Tatiana Zorri combined well to get the ball to Rita Guarino, but her close range shot also went just wide of the left post. This was followed by a free kick by Florinda Ciardi, but the ball hit the wall and was cleared.

Both sides made changes at the start of the second half, the 2 in-effective forwards for England, (mostly due to poor service) Joanne Broadhurst and Melanie Garside, being replaced by Marie- Anne Catterall and Alex Cottier. For Italy, goalkeeper Francesca Pulera was replaced by Fabiana Comin, Rita Guarino was replaced by Roberta Ulivi and Patrizia Panico replaced by Patrizia Sberti.

In the 50th minute, Italy won a corner on the right, but Tatianaa Zorri directed the ball behind the goal. England replied with a run and cross from the left by Alex Cottier, which allowed Claire Utley a shot at goal, from just outside the penalty area, but the ball swerved away from the right post. A few minutes later, Italy forced a corner on the left, with the ball only partially cleared, as Patrizia Sberti was put clear on goal, but Pauline Cope performed heroics, to block the first shot and as the ball ran free, she dived down to push it away for another corner to the 'Azzuri'. This one was headed clear by Sam Britton, but England had not heeded the previous warning as the diminutive Patrizia Sberti, broke away, but hit a strong shot directly at Pauline Cope.

England replied with another cross from the left by Alex Cottier, but her Croydon team-mate Tara Proctor could only steer the ball wide, although it must have been deflected, as England were given a corner on the right. Susan Smith swung the ball in, but as Faye White headed it over the bar, Mr. Reed blew up for some pushing.

In the 62nd minute, Italy made two more changes, Florinda Ciardi, being replaced by a Piera Magglio, and Antonella Carta replaced by Federica D'Astolfo. A couple of minutes later, Gillian Coultard made a rare error, but Pauline Cope was quick to clear the danger. Then Manuella Tesse tried a curling shot from the right which went just over the left post. The Patrizia Sberti again broke clear but a superb last ditch tackle by Faye White saw the ball going for a corner on the left. The lay back to Tatiana Zorri allowed the Italian a shooting chance but the ball swerved wide of the right post.

All this possession and chances finally yielded an equaliser also in a surprising way. Patrizia Sberti broke clear again, on the right and wide enough that it did not appear dangerous, but with great skill she steered the ball between a relaxed Pauline Cope and the right post into the far corner, from an 'impossible' angle. England responded with several chances, Susan Smith floating in a free kick from the right, which was headed out Elisa Miniati. Then the young Tranmere Rovers wing- back took a corner on the right, but as the ball came over, Kelly Smith fouled one of the Italian defenders.

In the 74th minute, Pauline Cope was given a rest, and Rachael Brown came on. Moments later, Hope Powell tried a long range shot which drifted wide of the right post. From the goal kick, England won possession and three young players combined well to create a chance, Susan Smith showing good skill and using Claire Utley to get the ball to Danielle Murphy, who hit a shot from 20 metres just over the corner of the left post and bar. For Rachael Brown, it was virtually a repeat of a year ago as Italy won a free kick almost central and 20 metres from goal. Substitute, Piera Maglio saw the chance to hammer the ball pastthe wall into the left corner, despite a full length dive by the young keeper. England then took off Sam Britton, to be replaced by Becky Easton, but Italy effectively 'shut up shop', with the next chance going to them in the 84th minute. The corner on the right allowed Federica D'Astolfo to hit a powerful shot on target, but Rachael Brown did well to push the ball away.

A couple of minutes later, Tara Proctor was hurt by a crude tackle by Tatiana Zorri, which earned the Italian a caution and the ball went for a corner on the right. As Susan Smith sent the ball, there was a foul on the Italian keeper. As the clock moved into stoppage time, England brought on Maureen Marley to replace the limping Tara Proctor and Italy brought on Rosaria Iannuzzelli (a 2nd player wearing No. 18) to replace Tatiana Zorri.

Two minutes later, Italy had achieved a another victory against England, the ninth time they have won in the series dating back to 1976. England have won 5, with the others drawn and the last win for England was 10 years ago.

ENGLAND	ITALY
1	2
April 21, 1998	KO 7.30pm
The Hawthorns West Bromwich, Birmingham	Attendance: 2520
1. Pauline Cope(GK) (Millwall) (23) off 74 mins 13. Rachael Brown (GK) (Liverpool) ( 7) 2. Danielle Murphy (Millwall) ( 4) 3. Tara Proctor (Croydon) ( 4) off 90 mins 15. Maureen Marley (Everton) (17) 4. Hope Powell (Croydon) (64) 5. Faye White (Arsenal) ( 4) 6. Gillian Coultard (C) (Doncaster) (104) 7. Claire Utley (Doncaster) ( 2) 8. Samantha Britton (Croydon) (26) off 78 mins 14. Becky Easton (Everton) (20) 9. Joanne Broadhurst (Croydon) (24) off 46 mins 16. Marie-Anne Catterall (Liverpool) ( 5) 10. Melanie Garside (Bradford) ( 2) off 46 mins 17. Alex Cottier (Croydon) ( 5) 11. Susan Smith (Tranmere) (10) GOALS: Faye White (5 min) Yellow Card: D. Murphy (37 mins)	1. Francesca Pulera (GK) (Sporting Segrate) off 46 mins 12. Fabiana Comin (GK) (Bardolino) 2. Damiana Deiana (Cascine Vica) 3. Anna Duo (Bardolino) off 41 mins 14. Elisa Miniati (Torino) 4. Roberta Stefanelli (Bardolino) off 31 mins 13. Luisa Marchio (Torino) 5. Daniela Tavalazzi (Cascine Vica) 6. Manuela Tesse (Moderna) 7. Rita Guarino (Cascine Vica) off 46 mins 18. Roberta Ulivi (Lugo) 8. Tatiana Zorri (Lazio) off 90 mins 19. Rosaria Iannuzzelli ( ) 9. Patrizia Panico (Moderna) off 46 mins 17. Patrizia Sberti (Pisa) 10. Antonella Carta (C) (Lugo) off 62 mins 15. Federica D'Astolfo (Moderna) 11. Florinda Ciardi (Moderna) off 62 mins 16. Piera Maglio (Autolelli Picenum) GOALS Patrizia Sberti (71 min) Piera Maglio (77 Min) Yellow Card: T. Zorri (86 mins)
Referee: M. D. Reed (Birmingham) Assistants: J. A. Sheffield, A. M. Penn Reserve: S. R. Winton

April 18, 1998

"Morace's Modena scores a "poker" against Torino"

The Italian National team plays a friendly match this Tuesday, 21 against England in West Bromwich, near Birmingham, England. Next will be a qualifying match against Finland on May 5. Afterwards it will face Switzerland in Perugia, Italy, on May 16.

April 4, 1998

The Serie A takes a break next weekend as the Italian national team gears up for a very important match this Saturday against France in France. The game is a World Cup qualifying match. The Serie A picks up again on April 18.

March 15, 1998

Betty Bavagnoli, Lazio's player and coach, was on the field for the duration of the game. Sergio Guenza, Italy's former national team coach (who started coaching Lazio years ago) was in the stands giving directions. He'll be giving Betty a hand with coaching.

Italy's Under-18 National Women's team, coached by Vittorio Russo will play a friendly match against the Germans in Dolmen, Germany. Italy's National Women's Team will be playing a friendly match against silver medal Olympic winners China, March 25 in Italy.

March 25, 1998

Italy	China
0	0

Italy's National Women's team played to a 0-0 tie against Olympic Silver-medalist China in a friendly match on Italy's Adriatic coast. The game was moved from Campobasso to the town of Termoli due to the cold weather conditions that have been plaguing Italy in the last couple of days. Italy had some good chances of scoring with Ulivi, Duo, and Panico. Head Coach Vatta appeared satisfied with the result and is now preparing for the April 11th qualifying match against France.

ITALY	CHINA
Brenzan Deiana Duo Miniati Tavalazzi Tesse Guarino (Sberti 2nd half) D'Astolfo (Zorri 2nd half) Ulivi (Panico 2nd half) Carta (Iannuzzelli 2nd half) Ciardi Coach: Sergio Vatta.	Xan Wenxia Xie Huilin Fan Yanling Man Yunjie (Li Jie 2nd half) Wang Jingxia (Yu Honqi 2nd half) Qiu Haiyan Liu Ying (Liu Ailing 2nd half) Zhao Lihong Wo Chenyue Jin Yan (Xie Caixia 2nd half) Bai Jie (Zhang Quying 1st half)
REFEREE: Mauro Rinaldi (Italy)

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