Euro 2020: Italy and England will give their all tonight against the background of winning the trophy of the event - The panorama of the institution
The time of crisis has arrived. "Is it coming home or to Rome?", Is the question of football fans, as Italy and England are at odds with "Wembley" in order to conquering the top of Europe.
After two "epic" semifinals, London now hosts him grand final, which, for the first time in the History of the European Championships, will have England present.
Since their triumph at the 1966 World Cup in the old Wembley, the "Three Lions" have failed to win five of their appearances in the semi-finals of a major event (EURO 1968 and 1996, the 1990 and 2018 World Cups and the Nations League). 2019). This time, however, they did exclude in the knockout phase of EURO 2020, on Germany and Ukraine and, in the extension last Wednesday (7/7), Denmark.
The "Vikings" may have become the first country to "kill" its home Jordan Pickford in the tournament, however, the English have the opportunity to put an end to a "curse" that haunts them for 55 whole years. Of course, in order to succeed, we will have to "overcome a huge obstacle in front of us", as he characteristically said Gareth Southwatch as Italy "is in excellent condition and has defense-warriors who will do anything to stop us."
The only European Championship title won by Italy εται is lost in the distant 1968, when she was the "hostess" of the event. Since then, the Azzurri have lost in the finals of 2000 and 2012, although over the years they have managed to be crowned world champions two more times, out of a total of four. THE Italy prevailed over Spain in the process of penalty shootout, in the semifinal of last Tuesday.
Typically a brake was put on their impressive streak 13 wins (all 15 in the EURO qualifiers and finals, which is the record), but remains undefeated for 33 games (27 wins, six draws). Really reborn under the guidance of Roberto Mancini, a national team that did not even manage to give the "present" in the final phase of the World Cup in Russia in 2018. However, their absence from the World Cup did not stop Czechoslovakia (1976), Denmark (1992) and Greece (2004) to win the title of European champion. As, after all, stressed Italian federal coach"We have been working in this direction for three years. We have not achieved anything yet, but we are close to achieving it. We will try to take advantage of the pressure that the full "Wembley" will exert on the English ".
