⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Winner: ITALY!

[ibuddy122505]

The Euro Final is here, one more win away to win EURO 2020!
Will you be surprised if England get a wins over blue black, and be able to get the long-awaited trophy? I don't see this team beating Italy. If England concedes 1 or 2 goals, then they will find it very difficult to make a comeback in the match. Is it coming home or is it coming to Rome? This Italian team is a very solid team, my pick Italy.

[cygan]

if Harry Kane scores 2 goals today (which will be hard enough against the italian team) he will be the top scorer of this tournament.
currently CR7 and Patrick Schick are leading the list with 5 goals each

[hd49728]

if Harry Kane scores 2 goals today (which will be hard enough against the italian team) he will be the top scorer of this tournament.
currently CR7 and Patrick Schick are leading the list with 5 goals each

2 goals to Italy goal sounds unrealistic mission for Kane. If England score goal, it can be from their wing backs, not from Kane. Because I believe Kane will not have space to play with Chiellini and Bonucci always keep eyes on him.

Grealish, Sancho and Sterling can make difference for England in the final match. However, Southgate tends to be very observative and don't want to use Grealish or Sancho too much.

I think Ronaldo will be the top scorer of the Euro.

[Vaskiy]

Last Match Odds Comparison
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Interesting odds for Italy for those who are willing to back it, and not bad one for England. In this match there will be 2 winners, bookies and few lucky guys. I will not make any bet before seeing the first minutes of the game then I will decide. This shift towards England in bookies and news is worrying me.

Yes, this time the odds were quite interesting and it looks something gamblers have never thought. Myself have placed a small bet on Italy. Waiting for the match to start, and most of the gamblers who bet with big amount will be going on live betting mostly after the first half of the match. Myself feel it as the day for Italy for some reason.

[Smartprofit]

Last Match Odds Comparison
-snip-

Interesting odds for Italy for those who are willing to back it, and not bad one for England. In this match there will be 2 winners, bookies and few lucky guys. I will not make any bet before seeing the first minutes of the game then I will decide. This shift towards England in bookies and news is worrying me.

Yes, this time the odds were quite interesting and it looks something gamblers have never thought. Myself have placed a small bet on Italy. Waiting for the match to start, and most of the gamblers who bet with big amount will be going on live betting mostly after the first half of the match. Myself feel it as the day for Italy for some reason.

The Italians were European champions in 1968.  Italian footballers are aggressive in attack.  They always show a bright and interesting game.  English footballers are pragmatic, but they know how to win. 

The football match will take place in the UK.  This is a big plus for the British.  The English fans are already drinking beer and shouting "England is the winner!"  They are looking forward to their victory ...

However, Roberto Mancini is able to lead his team to success in this match with the British.

I think there will be a draw.  The winner will be determined by a penalty shootout.

[LTU_btc]

So, the day is finally here. Like many people non-English people, I'm going to support Italy. I simply can't stand their arrogance, all these ''it's coming home'' things. I don't really want to hear them bragging about EURO 2020 title for next 10-20 years. Another reason is that ridiculous penalty in semifinal.
Maybe England is favorites, but it's more or less equal teams. I don't expect that fianl will be nice and extra time and penalties wouldn't be surprise at all.
Wish you all good final and let the best team win. Se you all after fianl.

[KTChampions]

Last Match Odds Comparison
-snip-

Interesting odds for Italy for those who are willing to back it, and not bad one for England. In this match there will be 2 winners, bookies and few lucky guys. I will not make any bet before seeing the first minutes of the game then I will decide. This shift towards England in bookies and news is worrying me.

I think England is overrated, they have a slight advantage at home, but not enough to put them above the favorite (it seems to me that Italy is the favorite). Will you bet on Italy if there is an equal fight in the first minutes of the match? I am thinking about placing a bet before the start of the match and increasing it after the first minutes.

[Lafu]

if Harry Kane scores 2 goals today (which will be hard enough against the italian team) he will be the top scorer of this tournament.
currently CR7 and Patrick Schick are leading the list with 5 goals each

Hopefully Harry Kane dosnt score any Goal today , or any other player from England !
I am fully for Italy today and hope they can get the title and win the EM.
Even it will be hard for Italy i trust them and there playing , and maybe Englands goalkeeper make some little fails again as in the last match.
My tip for today is a 2:1 for Italy

[Avirunes]

Hopefully Harry Kane dosnt score any Goal today , or any other player from England !

Should be hard IMO with the CB's Italy have unless they make a mistake or Harry Kane some surprising shots and finds the back of the net.

I am fully for Italy today and hope they can get the title and win the EM.

My Man!!! Italy should win if both sides perform like they have been so far.

Even it will be hard for Italy i trust them and there playing , and maybe Englands goalkeeper make some little fails again as in the last match.
My tip for today is a 2:1 for Italy

Looking at the lineup seems like it might be a bit hard for Italy to score after Saka is out and Southgate has brought in Trippier so a defensive change. Southgate has thought it well. Have a feeling that formation might change just 10-15 mins after commencement of second half. Feels like starting half should be England relying on counters more than controlled.

About England's goalkeeper, there is a weakness that he tends to make mistakes in pressure. I have seen in PL and even Euro's that his weakness is not a secret anymore. They even try to pressure him in corners by putting players inside the 6yard box and keep him under pressure. Anyway that's their best option in goalkeeper so can understand working them out with options they have.

[perfect999]

A few friends from Scotland and Australia are sending their real photos of houses and suburbs where there is only one flag catching the wind: that is the Italian flag. England is not really loved outside their country it seems as these memes are showing.
Anyway, Sunday July 11 is a date that Italians will hardly forget. Italy woke up today ready to experience a special day. At 3 pm there will be the Wimbledon final between Djokovic and Berrettini, the first Italian in history to play for the title in the prestigious English tournament. At 9 pm, Mancini's national team challenges England in the Euro 2020 final.
I have expressed my prediction already, biased of course being an Italian, but I believe Italy is far superior compared to England and hopefully it will demonstrate it on the pitch.
Final result of the game is going to be either 2-1 or 3-1 for Italy. I put the money on the line for this epic game.

Maybe... JUST maybe... It is because they overthrown governments all around the world, from nearly to Japan to other side of the world USA they attacked everywhere, colonized wherever they can, abused, raped, pillaged, killed people in 6 different continents of the world, and caused hate for centuries? I mean think about it at the bottom they destroyed South Africa and did things that would be disgusting to see let alone do, then to the east India and Hong Kong, to the southeast Australia, to west USA and Canada.

This is nearly the whole world map and UK as a small island nation ended up doing this that would make you sick just to watch let alone do. That could be a reason for everyone to hate them? Don't get me wrong Italy is not some cute nation neither, and would have probably done what UK did if they could, but they were never that big so even if they were bad in history, they were never that powerful (aside from roman empire which people do not see as just Italian but as western) so it is understandable.

[Slow death]

newspapers can be tough, today I read the news in the journal says:

For the first time in its history, the English will be present in the decisive game of the continental competition, this while the Italians already won the Euro in 1968.

 

this game is very important for both teams, but I think that for the English it is a great and unique opportunity to win the euro. It's funny that england and italy are two countries where they have a very competitive league, it was expected that they could have won a lot of euros. but for some reason they can't

[Trofo]

About England's goalkeeper, there is a weakness that he tends to make mistakes in pressure. I have seen in PL and even Euro's that his weakness is not a secret anymore. They even try to pressure him in corners by putting players inside the 6yard box and keep him under pressure. Anyway that's their best option in goalkeeper so can understand working them out with options they have.

I for one would always rather have a solid goal keeper which is less prone to mistakes than the one that will make a miracle defense in first half and screw it up in second. Dean Henderson would be my first choice but he spent a season mostly sitting on the bench so... And I can't really complain about keeper/defense that kept so many clean sheets on this Euro. Just a thought so I can quote this post after he screws up badly tonight  

[hd49728]

newspapers can be tough, today I read the news in the journal says:

For the first time in its history, the English will be present in the decisive game of the continental competition, this while the Italians already won the Euro in 1968.

 

this game is very important for both teams, but I think that for the English it is a great and unique opportunity to win the euro. It's funny that england and italy are two countries where they have a very competitive league, it was expected that they could have won a lot of euros. but for some reason they can't

England team are always over rated by English newspapers and their media. Their record is worse than Netherlands that have many semi final and final matches.

Their media usually think England will beat all national teams on the world to win World Cup and Euro. They forget that Premier League get their positions because they are rich and buy many good players from other nations but they only think all the power of Premier League is from English players.

All of illusion results in more pressure on their players in all big tournaments. This Euro, they get their first Euro final match and let's see what they can get from this final.

[BIT-BENDER]

newspapers can be tough, today I read the news in the journal says:

For the first time in its history, the English will be present in the decisive game of the continental competition, this while the Italians already won the Euro in 1968.

 

this game is very important for both teams, but I think that for the English it is a great and unique opportunity to win the euro. It's funny that england and italy are two countries where they have a very competitive league, it was expected that they could have won a lot of euros. but for some reason they can't

I thought before the tournament started that England has the players to go to the extent as the final as they have done but I didn't think of Italy even in my top five favorite team to win it, but here we are and as it stands they can go head to head with England on this one, but after watching the Copa America the best team in a final between two strong teams is the one that can score and defend not the one with possession, so this game would be exciting.

[3meek]

The match is about to start! I'm sure we'll see a real battle tonight! England have good support, they are lucky to be playing on home ground! It won't be easy for the Italians... I hope to see some good football! I think Italy will win this final!

[CLS63]

When it comes to the missing players in this game, Spinazzola is still having achilles tendon injury and he is going to be missing the final game also. At England, P. Foden has a foot injury and his condition is questionable right now. But all of the remaining players in the starting eleven of both teams are going to play. The attacking lines of both teams are really deadly. At Italy, we have Insigne - Immobile - Chiesa trio and at England, we have Mount - Kane - Sterling trio on the front. Which side will manage to play better?

We'll figure it out after the game starts in 25 minutes.

[coinlocket$]

Source: https://twitter.com/Vivo_Azzurro/status/1414277896949088262/photo/1

Chiesa recovered, he can do solo action and score 

Let's hope for him, start sooooooon.

[South Park]

England have never beaten Italy at a major tournament, losing against the azzurri at the 2014 World Cup, Euro 2012 and Euro 1980, and their last competitive win came in a world cup qualifier at wembley in november 1977 the fixture against the 2006 World Champions will provide a stiff test less than three months before the start of next summer's showpiece in russia. the last time England played Italy was in a friendly, in turin, where the tightly fought match ended 1-1 the history of italy is is very good . i think england have no chance for the match of today  italy seem strong much compared with england  the match can end with draw if england play good

All of that is interesting data and even if I did not had it I suspected this to be the case, however history does not play the ones that do are the players, and in terms of skill both teams are close to each other so it is a difficult match to predict as anything can happen, England players could play even better because of the local support or they could crash down in a similar way to what happened to Brazil on the World Cup they hosted and in which they lost against Germany 7-1.

[Avirunes]

About England's goalkeeper, there is a weakness that he tends to make mistakes in pressure. I have seen in PL and even Euro's that his weakness is not a secret anymore. They even try to pressure him in corners by putting players inside the 6yard box and keep him under pressure. Anyway that's their best option in goalkeeper so can understand working them out with options they have.

I for one would always rather have a solid goal keeper which is less prone to mistakes than the one that will make a miracle defense in first half and screw it up in second. Dean Henderson would be my first choice but he spent a season mostly sitting on the bench so... And I can't really complain about keeper/defense that kept so many clean sheets on this Euro. Just a thought so I can quote this post after he screws up badly tonight  

Yeah Dean Henderson would be a good choice. I wonder why Southgate has Ramsdale and Johnstone on bench when they already have a goalkeeper like Dean Henderson. I really get confused up thinking how they come up with the lineup. Let's see how well Pickford will do. I being rooting in for Italy would hope for some mistakes 

[aoluain]

Thats a record, fastest goal scored in a Euros Final
1-0 England

I'm a but late posting this but its an interesting infographic and stats about the two finalists...

England have never beaten Italy in the Euros, lets see if they can do it tonight.

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2021/7/10/infographic-road-to-euro-2020-final-italy-england