Italy v England | Euro 2020 Final

[Nellies left peg]

Absolutely shocking that this is the best combined collective talent at their disposal for England's first final in donkeys!

Mute and mute again will be my choice

 

[Gundog’s Gundog]

Shocking you want Italy to win! (unless of course you're not English)

Maybe you’re right but I’ve always been a bit counter cultural and when you add that to the many years of disliking (rag infested) England teams and chuck in the adoration of Mancini then it’s not even close - I would absolutely love Italy to win.

 

[The perfect fumble]

And another ;-)

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Tipped Italy from start and not changed mind, they know how to win games and they invented the dark arts of defending. Mancini more positive and attacking than Southgate in style.......it will need a big England performance and anything can happen in final.....will England do a Wigan?

I’m not sure comparing England to Wigan is right. I think England have got the better players in many areas. I only reckon Donna Summer, Chiellini, Jorginho and Verratti would get in our team.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

I’m not sure comparing England to Wigan is right. I think England have got the better players in many areas. I only reckon Donna Summer, Chiellini, Jorginho and Verratti would get in our team.

Interesting that as before the tournament most people will have only taken Italy goalie and Verratti- England have better players man for man but I think a best XI between them both would be fairly even now

 

[balotellishaircut]

England 4/5. draw 2/1. Italy 1/1

we’re slight favourites but can see it being a draw after 90 mins.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Pretty much my take on it, too. Secretly they will be watching and going bonkers like the rest of it, should we win, but should we lose they'll be on it, slagging everything off that they can.

It's always been a thing with the big clubs not really bothering with the national team, but you'd think at this point, with the first ever Euro final and first final in 5 decades, they'd get on board and applaud the achievement, rather than pick holes in it and slag the manager off.

It’s desperate stuff really. I used to think Rags were pathetic with their anti-England attitude. Seeing City lads with this attitude is a bit disappointing, but thankfully it’s only a minority. Known loads of City lads who’ve attended tournaments over the years, went to my first England game on a school trip for Venables’ first game as manager, every one of my City-mates group are buzzing about Sunday…as am I, and as are my Romanian and Greek neighbours who are also supporting England!

You’ve just got to laugh at any Englishman too bitter not to be buzzing about Sunday. Unfortunately, love’s not got their world in motion! Thankfully the vast majority of the nation has been ‘together’ like nothing we’ve seen since the 2012 London Olympics, almost everyone’s had a smile on their face today, lads waving out of car windows as pedestrians see their England flags and give it the old “COME ON ENGLAND”.

Great times!

Wondered if I’d ever experience a final in my life, now we’re there, let’s go and win it!

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Interesting that as before the tournament most people will have only taken Italy goalie and Verratti- England have better players man for man but I think a best XI between them both would be fairly even now

The CL final opened my eyes to Jorginho, I’ve always thought we dodged a bullet with him but he was better than every single one of our players in that final.

 

[NorthamptonBlue]

I’m not sure comparing England to Wigan is right. I think England have got the better players in many areas. I only reckon Donna Summer, Chiellini, Jorginho and Verratti would get in our team.

Chiesa?

 

[NorthamptonBlue]

It’s desperate stuff really. I used to think Rags were pathetic with their anti-England attitude. Seeing City lads with this attitude is a bit disappointing, but thankfully it’s only a minority. Known loads of City lads who’ve attended tournaments over the years, went to my first England game on a school trip for Venables’ first game as manager, every one of my City-mates group are buzzing about Sunday…as am I, and as are my Romanian and Greek neighbours who are also supporting England!

You’ve just got to laugh at any Englishman too bitter not to be buzzing about Sunday. Unfortunately, love’s not got their world in motion! Thankfully the vast majority of the nation has been ‘together’ like nothing we’ve seen since the 2012 London Olympics, almost everyone’s had a smile on their face today, lads waving out of car windows as pedestrians see their England flags and give it the old “COME ON ENGLAND”.

Great times!

Wondered if I’d ever experience a final in my life, now we’re there, let’s go and win it!

My Welsh wife and brother in law are both really up for England.