Italy has secured what could prove to be a pivotal opening victory in the Women’s European Championship by beating Belgium 1-0.

Watch Belgium v Italy on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Thursday 3 July, with kick off at 5pm BST. Jeanette Kwakye presents live coverage as Belgium take on Italy in the first Group B game at the Women’s Euro 2025 tournament in Switzerland.

Italy won their first match in the Women's European Championship since 2017 as Arianna Caruso struck in the 44th minute to give them a 1-0 win over Belgium in their Group B opener on Thursday.Lucia Di Guglielmo's quick pass from the right found Caruso unguarded just outside the box and the Bayern Munich midfielder calmly curled a right-footed shot away from keeper Lisa Lichtfus to find the net by the near post.