EURO 2020 England vs Italy - Poll ⚽

[kryptqnick]

I find it surprising that the poll shows how the community is overwhelmingly pro-Italy, even though bookies believe in England's win. Even a draw is apparently more likely than Italy winning the game. And I get why England is a favorite, they have a very strong team comprised of people who are themselves strong players from top football clubs. England also has a home advantage IMO, as the match will be in London. That being said, I think Italy is capable of winning, and I've placed a small bet in its favor today to support it.

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[Alisha-k]

There is every clear indication that italy is lifting the Euro 2020 trophy with a straight win. If I'm to predict this is going to be a 2:0 win against England going by the statistics of both teams during the tournament. England has not been in their best performance this season and might likely relinquish the trophy Italy. But it's a world of soccer where surprises are inevitable

[AverageGlabella]

Italy to win over all but I think the match will end in a draw probably 1-1 and then Italy will win on penalties. I would like to see England win it as they have been waiting for a very long time for this and it looks like they can finally make it happen but I do not know my brain tells me place a bet on Italy while I want England to win it.

[nakamura12]

Italy to win over all but I think the match will end in a draw probably 1-1 and then Italy will win on penalties. I would like to see England win it as they have been waiting for a very long time for this and it looks like they can finally make it happen but I do not know my brain tells me place a bet on Italy while I want England to win it.

I feel the same when I want to bet on italy but my mind says that england will win. This is a very tough decision to make when your bet is on the other team but your mind is opposite to which team you bet. This is similar to cricket where I bet on pakistan but my mind think that england will win and i'm correct which england won and my bet is on pakistan. This match will be good to watch Italy vs england. I think there wikl be another penalty here  .

[Lordhermes]

There is every clear indication that italy is lifting the Euro 2020 trophy with a straight win. If I'm to predict this is going to be a 2:0 win against England going by the statistics of both teams during the tournament. England has not been in their best performance this season and might likely relinquish the trophy Italy. But it's a world of soccer where surprises are inevitable

Italy have been in good form since the beginning of this tournament,and so is England.Italy is strong defensively and offensively,so is England,so the both side have equal chances of lifting the trophy, but I predict England to win it by 2-1 in favour of England.

[Pulsar77]

I'm in the minority as it seems.    I think England are one step ahead of Italy as they are going to play home. And this could be the biggest chance of England to win a title finally. I expect both teams to play extra carefully in this game. A game like this won't forgive simple mistakes for sure. I think this game will end in a draw in 120 minutes and England will reach the title after penalty shoot-outs.

[BIT-BENDER]

Before it got to the final I really thought I would be seeing Belgium and England in the final, atleast that's what I thought, but now it's England against Italy, I have watched both of them, England has great players, very exciting young talent, like Saka, Foden, mount and more but Italy has professors of the game on the field, and Finals has it pressure, Manchester city found that out in the UCL finals. So at the point, Italy coach is more experienced than that of English coach, so looking at this, I predict Italy would win, but congratulations to England fob reaching the Finals after more than 5 decades.

[hahay]

I'm in the minority as it seems.    I think England are one step ahead of Italy as they are going to play home. And this could be the biggest chance of England to win a title finally. I expect both teams to play extra carefully in this game. A game like this won't forgive simple mistakes for sure. I think this game will end in a draw in 120 minutes and England will reach the title after penalty shoot-outs.

Looks like you are no longer in the minority as even from the current odds it is clear England are the favourites, Italy @3.xx and England @2.xx. But indeed, if I may say I also really changed my mind because at the beginning I was very supportive of Italy no matter what, but after I realized and tried to convince myself where to support and the answer was England. But regarding whether the match will end in normal time or extra time, I personally believe the match will end in normal time because if the match is decided on penalties then I am not sure about England, because Italy has a better goalkeeper I think to block the penalty kicks.

[ene1980]

I personally believe the match will end in normal time because if the match is decided on penalties then I am not sure about England, because Italy has a better goalkeeper I think to block the penalty kicks.

Gianluigi Donnarumma is the strength of Italy and the defense is the best and i am expecting England to struggle to score the goals and if the match goes to penalties then there is no doubt Gianluigi Donnarumma will take the team to victory as he has done that in the past and he will do it again and he is the best of this generation.

[Vaskiy]

The poll result shows that the winning is fo Italy, but almost every gambling site has provided with higher odds for Italy. I've placed Italy to win the match @3.4 as a single bet. The match seems to go close and end with equal goals and the extra time decides the winner.

[Karartma1]

Great thanks everyone. I'm very surprised about the poll results, it looks like the majority around here is either Italian or a wannabe Italian. 
I didn't expect this result before placing the poll but this is it.
Enjoy the match everyone, I'm gonna lock the thread by tomorrow.

[Silberman]

I voted for Italy, I do not have too many reasons except that I really dislike when a match is decided by the decisions of the referees, the penalty kick that was given to England on overtime against Denmark was ridiculous, there was only a slight contact and it was of the kind that it is allowed all over the field and even after there was a review the decision was upheld, soccer is a contact sport so even if there was a mild contact it was not enough to justify the penalty kick being given to England, so for that reason alone I hope they lose against Italy.

We should just hope for a good match where the better team wins. This is not always the case in tournaments such as this. The technical data and statistics indicate that England should win, but I personally support Italy. And, as you pointed out, let's hope this isn't yet another case when the referee's mistake decides the winner.

The issue is that this creates a really bad impression on people, the host of the tournament is given a penalty kick on overtime and they win the game because of it even after the play was reviewed and in the best case scenario the contact that we could see did not merit to give the penalty kick, basically this gives the impression England was helped to get to the final and this kind of impression is never good for the sport, which is why I hope Italy wins.

[Karartma1]

After 90 minutes only 7 forum users were right (including me) as the game ended in a draw. If we want to take the results at large, we can definitely admit that the majority of you guys were right!
In the end, I think Italy deserved to win both considering the overall Euro2020 performance and the character showed during the final.
Thread closes now, thanks everyone.