Euro 2020 Final Analysis: How Italy Outplayed England

[@GOALSIDE]

Is Gareth Southgate the right man for England?

[@gauravakumar8406]

No

[@fully.vinicius]

Yess

[@iceman4660]

Only if he is willing to take off the hand brake. He has to move from his natural conservative style. In some respect this is similar to the loss to Croatia. Sit back and hope we can defend our lead. We end up sitting too deep. Unable to counter attack because our 2 CMs are not that type of player. Mancini out managed him. Mancini made the changes while Southgate dithered

[@biksonshrestha9847]

He never was

[@JCzzzzz]

@Bohlale Luphondo yeah he is only the second manager to bring England to a major final. If he is not the right man, then who is? Sven? Lol

[@Emankind]

Did we watch the same game? England were good for 20 minutes and then it was one-way traffic.

[@markcapili4859]

Yeah

[@ronbonora7872]

you got that right. This BS is biased to say the least!

[@recruitmentch]

20 minutes?? hahahahahaha. England began wasting time literally around and before the 5th minute. Please go and rewatch the game. You'll see English players taking up to 15 seconds just to take a throw in. That's why there were 4 minutes of added time in the first half. Got a lucky break with their first cross into the box, but their plan was always to park the bus.

[@pierluigidipietro8097]

England just had only one shot on target, the one that scored, in 120 minutes. Italy had three more at least, excluding the goal.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

"England were good for 20 minutes". Edit: 20 minutes *divided by 10*. But their fans will surely claim they were the best team ever for the opening 2 minutes of a Euro final!

[@mentat6420]

This guy is dreaming. Italy was persistent the whole game and England sat on their 2 minute goal till Italy equalize on the second half. By then England was in panic mode realizing it’s happening again.

[@paul1979uk2000]

That was it, England panicked quite easy and England should consider themselves luck that Italy didn't go all out on a constant barrage of attacks like they normally do because the England defence panics very easy when pressed. This wasn't a good performance for England as they had every advantage, playing at home, no real injuries whiles Italy had a few and yet England still bottled it, Italy on the other hand had injuries, a much tougher route to the final so likely were more tired and a hostile crowd to contend with, that is a lot more impressive for Italy than England. England on the other hand proved what most already knew, they look good on paper against average sides but the moment they play a top team that can play, they lose, it was Italy this time and it was Belgium in the last world cup, basically, England falls apart the moment they play a top team and no, Germany doesn't count because that German side is subpar at best and one of the worse in living memory.

[@0020ecapa]

Ignore this person who is completely ignorant. Italy won Euro 2020, end off.

[@brucewayne3602]

perfect summation !!!

[@0020ecapa]

@@paul1979uk2000 Well said. The current Germany team, is under a major reconstruction after winning the 2014 World Cup and are currently not a "top team", as it were.

[@paul1979uk2000]

@@0020ecapa I never write the Germans off, they just like the Italians always find a way to come back and I suspect Germany will as well, but I'm not sure Germany will make a come back for the next world cup because not enough time will have passed to make the changes needed, Italy had 3 years after not qualifying for the last world cup to make real changes, Germany only has 1, but if Germany makes some sweeping changes, they could do what Italy did and become the dark horse of the next tournament.

[@sayantanraha123]

Again hyping...England no where dominated the game after 20 mins...Italy took over from the 20th minute...at a certain moment ...Italy had 71% possession ...as if England was a 2nd division team

[@peppedf2792]

If we consider they were in Wembley, that gives the right idea about the two teams. In Rome they were going to end up like Turkey and Switzerland at least.

[@stormingspeeches]

Correct

[@tonyconnor5691]

@@youtalkin2me595 you clearly know nothing about football

[@Christian-uv6gs]

And Spinazzola, best player so far, was out.

[@anzalmohammed1548]

Atlast someone with sensible analysis…

[@ronaldreagan5535]

The Roman Empire returned to Britannia and stomped on local resistance. Again.

[@FAMA-18]

Ahaha..that was good, true tho!

[@carlob517]

🤣🤣🤣

[@claudioesposito6780]

hahahaha!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@captain2ahab]

Chiellini: Take the Cup, leave the Canoli !

[@ZauberinNini]

That's a good one, cheers from Italy 😂👍

[@ozzispurs8461]

I heard Kane and Sterling just got picked for the british olympic dive team

[@MrTembelo]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Aloksbil]

LOL! That's a good one!

[@Asnake4]

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[@marinobottali7823]

Love it 😆 lol

[@HarryMaguire69]

Heard whole Italy team has. They were banned in the diving team for time wasting

[@lone.wolf_5791]

England: It's coming home Italy: Hold my Peroni

[@donvaldezmarco]

Or pepperoni

[@lamberto6405]

@@donvaldezmarco Get it right! Pepperoni is an American thing.

[@Monada79]

@@lamberto6405 here here! No one in Italy would be seen with a pepperoni pizza, not unless it was their last meal!

[@chojinkid]

@@lamberto6405 Peperoni are peppers in Italy, American Pepperoni is the spicy salame ;) damn false friends :D

[@alfiospuson7165]

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[@RUTC01]

“The first half was all England”????? Maybe the first 15 minutes!!!!!

[@safcjoe7062]

We were well organised for the first half didn't threaten much but held the lead well and it should've been changed at half time cos we just done enough.

[@pavasite4278]

I mean England were the better team first half. Although italy had most of the ball they didnt create and trouble england in the first half

[@safcjoe7062]

@@pavasite4278 we weren't creative enough it's a shame cos two goals would've been enough. Tactically in the first half we were good defensively we just had no idea what to do with the ball going forward. Mancini had a plan b and we didn't simple as that. Well deserved win for the Italians. Chiesa was brilliant too every time he was on the ball I was shitting myself haha.

[@pavasite4278]

@@safcjoe7062 I think in the first half and the whole game in general we struggled in the final third and thats mainly down to how good Italy's defence are. You're right one more goal wouldve killed the game off. He should've brought the subs on way earlier and they wouldve made a difference. But even tho italy had all the chances and the ball, we still defended really well

[@safcjoe7062]

@@pavasite4278 exactly we covered acres of space and it was disappointing how we conceded despite italy having a tactical attacking plan. But tbf to southgate his tactics have been a lot better than the world cup, I hope he gets better with this cos I like him but I have a feeling after Qatar he'll walk.

[@dia6olo64]

Statistically England were nowhere near the best team in the first half, Italy had 60% plus possession and more attempts at goal in the opening 45 minutes. To say during the first half it was all England is stretching it when statistically they only had 1 attempt on goal and 30 something percent possession, I would suggest you rewatch the game with your eyes open and then re-make the video 😉 If we then go deeper and analyse England’s entire tournament, FIFA rankings say England's group was the 3rd easiest behind the Netherlands and Belgium while Italy had the second toughest group. Also of the 7 opponents played by the finalists, England's opponents have a total ranking of 151, Italy were England’s only top 10 ranking opponent at 7. Italy's opponents have a total ranking of 93 of which 3 of them were ranked 1, 4 and 6 in the world and even after that another two were ranked 13 and 17, they faced far tougher opponents. On top of that you can add that not only did England pretty much play fully at home but that over the entire tournament they actually conceded just as many goal attempts on their own goal as they created, it’s actually worse than that because they actually conceded more attempts than they created. Of the last 4 teams England’s ratio of attempts for and against was by a country mile the worst. Over the entire tournament, Italy on the other hand have created 3 times as many attempts at goal than England have managed despite having faced better opposition and have also concede less attempts on their own goal than England have managed again despite having faced better opposition. The point I’m making here is that it’s 2 tournaments on the bounce now were England have had a relatively comfortable route/passage which has contributed a lot to their progress in these two tournaments, the problem is that reaching the latter stages of a tournament often doesn’t tell the real story. A good team should be measured by how they fair when up against another quality team and in England’s case I’m afraid that they fair terribly, they fail to see off the bigger teams probably as many as 8/9 times in 10, they’ve done it for a very long time and they still do so today. By comparison Italy are like the opposite 8/9 times out of 10 they beat real opponents, their problem usually lies in turning up for those lesser games or at least it has been historically. That’s the difference here between a team that thinks it’s good and one that has actually proven it. I’m not saying England are rubbish, far from it, they have a decent team who with the right manager could really make a mark. But, as things are they are not as good as the circus surrounding them think they are. Regarding beating Germany, even here we are talking about a German team that won 1 game in 4 and played 3 of those 4 on home soil. Still a good win for England but lets be honest with ourselves, not the real Germany.

[@lamberto6405]

Exactly what I've been saying all along. Some experts stating that England was the second best team but I would have to strongly disagree. I think Spain, as badly as they played in the games before Italy were far better, along with several other teams. Italy had a tough route and still made it one way or another. Great teams do that! Chiellini grabbing a player by the back of the shirt and just pulling him down is not pretty but it gets the job done! Whatever it takes, Italy gets the job done with any opponent that comes up. Germany, Brazil, Spain, if they had to play against Italy or England in a final which one do you REALLY think they would pick. That will tell you a lot!!!

[@dia6olo64]

​@@lamberto6405 "Germany, Brazil, Spain, if they had to play against Italy or England in a final which one do you REALLY think they would pick" I know exactly who they would pick, with the exception of Brazil who have had some joy against Italy the other two have a dreadful tournament record against Italy and it’s because as you say Italy know how to get the job done. Whereas on the other hand I know that both Brazil and Germany have a very good record against England, I don't really know how Spain have historically faired against them and again I'm talking about tournament football not glorified friendlies.

[@jonsoler3648]

Yeah, when the guy in the video said "a tale of 2 halves" I laughed. England scored at 2 minutes and did nothing for the whole rest of the game, they had 2 shots on target in 120+ minutes (one shot was the goal and the other was a missed cross that went straight into Donnaruma's arms and it was only counted as a shot on target because the ball trajectory went in the direction of the goal LMAO). England had an immense advantage over the other teams in the tournament: Playing 6/7 matches at home, the crowd at Wembley in home games had even fewer fans from opposition teams due to covid restrictions, UEFA banned Germany from training at Wembley in the Round of 16, they got the easiest draws in the tournament and only went to the final due to a ludicrous penalty given. UEFA gave England the trophy on a silver plate and they still didn't win. Germany has been declining, they were eliminated in the group stages in the World Cup 2018, got beaten by North Macedonia in the qualifiers for the next World Cup and almost got eliminated in the group stages again in this Euros as they almost got beaten by Hungary.

[@jonsoler3648]

@@dia6olo64 Having lived in Brazil I can tell you people there don't rate England at all. They call England 'the strong team that doesn't scare anyone' and Brazil's record against England is VERY one-sided it's 11-4 wins for Brazil. if Brazil had to pick between Italy or England to play in a final I guarantee you they would pick England not only because of the very one-sided record against them but they also still have heart attacks in their memories from the 1994 World Cup final against Italy that was decided on penalties.

[@dia6olo64]

@@jonsoler3648 'the strong team that doesn't scare anyone' I think you/they pretty much nailed it with that description, that’s exactly who they are. As regards records against each other bear in mind I’m talking about tournament football, the games that really count. For example, teams like England, Spain, Germany have a decent head to head record against Italy but not when it counts (tournament football) they haven’t, it is then literally fully one sided in favour of Italy, out of the 3 I think there's only Spain that's had 1 success in around 17 meetings and Germany a penalty shoot-out success if we want to count that one too. That said I know that England’s record against Brazil is just as bad when it counts.

[@Biggy111]

All Kane did was stand around all game.

[@Shrek_Holmes]

thats what he does most games though, he just taps the ball in if someone creates for him

[@Pirantsable]

Without Son it feels like he's an average player

[@sonsofgods2731]

He always disappears in big finals

[@problemimentali]

And dive occasionally

[@oliverdesvaux]

He actually played GOOD- excellent hold up play and excellent ball control and good touches… What do you expect from a striker who gets ZERO service?! Miracle he scores as many goals as he does, as he gets HALF A CHANCE in most games!!

[@GP-qd1qt]

Why did the guy say it’s “coming to rome for NOW” …. Dude it’s in time for ever hahaha games done

[@titan8084]

Reference to WC in a year

[@barbaramay3539]

I thought the same

[@lamberto6405]

Because there is the on-going, continuing fallacy that England are so great that they for sure will win the next tournament. I find it simply exhaustingly boring, ignorant, conceded, and what else can we say?

[@AnupKandel]

Was it ever home to call' it's coming home .. '

[@0020ecapa]

@@lamberto6405 I learnt to totally ignore it a while ago.

[@lamberto6405]

Italy was named Dark Horse at the start of this tournament. I was absolutely disgusted while England was named one of the favorites. All my friends now understand why I was angry and the reality of the English speaking media and their bias...

[@jonnybottle]

As I understnad it this England favourite thing is because: a) the biggest bookmakers are in UK b) thousands of English men, women and grannies have a "flutter" - i.e. a small bet on England. I know I did. c) this is a big factor in the bookmakers' calculations and tends to make England their favourite because of the sheer volume of stakes placed. All just mathematics and patriotism.

[@glenngould10081967]

Media bias. Do you really think that Italian media would have behaved otherwise if the EURO would have taken place in Italy? I do not think so. Is part of the game, so who cares.

[@gabriele5719]

@@glenngould10081967 nah man…considering how much superstitious we are (especially ‘bout football), journalists would have been crucified inside the Colosseum would they dared to push Italy as favorite. Especially if playing home.

[@AF-py9iw]

@@glenngould10081967 Yes, journalists catch bullets quite frequently in Italy if they say the wrong thing! Calcio is something that binds us throughout the world so they have a plan A approach and a plan B approach. This time was different… Italy won exactly for 3 reason! 1) we were better than everyone else! 2) we were pissed off about 2018 World Cup 3) but not least… this past two years with this coronavirus! Italians were decimated by the Virus. A lot of people died and Italy wanted to see their people smile.

[@agem1989]

@@AF-py9iw "decimated" for coronavirus lol. Yeah the Italian population is going extinct because of Corona. UK has even more deaths then Italy. Stop with this unnecessary drama.thank you

[@Happy-wb8gi]

Italy were the BEST TEAM in the tournament, end off. England were lucky to even get to the Final. People in denial, about how great England is, but it's just rubbish. England are not that great, one or two good players, but let's be honest, not World cup quality. The goal they scored was unexpected, the lad who scored was shocked too, lol. Yeah, the quickest goal in the EURO, and..................

[@WanH80]

The classic English delusion. They should never be considered a top footballing nation like Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Spain, France etc. They are as good as Swiss or Turkey only at best.

[@lukehull8865]

@@WanH80 lol individual talent england have the world class quality, just look at the players domestically. They however do not have the cohesion nationally that other teams have. The managment is what i think is lacking

[@0020ecapa]

Italy were the better team throughout Euro 2020 and anyone with a basic footballing insight will agree. In summary: Germany = 7 major trophies Italy = 6 major trophies France = 4 major trophies Spain = 4 major trophies England = 1 major trophy The above says it all. England are not a "heavyweight" footballing nation!! ⚽️

[@0020ecapa]

@@WanH80 Yes, it's a total delusion and that's why they get disappointed and turn to violence.

[@WanH80]

@@0020ecapa 1 major trophy when TV was still black & white lol😂😂😂

[@pwdajjal]

England only played football for the first 12-15 minutes.. After that they went full CATENACCIO and played counter attacking! How funny football can be. Forza Azzurri 🏆💙🖤🇮🇹

[@Vita-a-stelle-e-strisce]

England: it’s coming home Italy: you keep walking, look my Ferrari go

[@AF-py9iw]

You must be mistaken… Apart from the 1st 15minutes of the game. Italy dominated a packed house of English and should have won in normal time.

[@alfredvinciguerra532]

England played 5 minutes then was all Italy England parked the bus for 100 plus minutes. Italy fully deserved it.

[@BinkyTheGoddessDivine]

England can't expect to win tournaments with only 1 shot on target in 120 minutes regardless of how supposedly talented their squad is. Southgate is a nice guy and all. But you can't expect the guy who relegated Middlesborough to be the one to win the biggest trophies for his country. There was no way in hell that Southgate was ever going to beat a multi-trophy-winning Roberto Mancini.

[@antoniosilvestro9045]

Hodgson was the worst. England eliminated from Brazil 2014 WC and finished bottom of the group and he keeps his job ! Two years later Hodgsons England gets humiliated in Euro 2016 by Iceland.

[@lausymaus9856]

With so many toxic England fans, the entire world was cheering on Italy. I think that was the problem.

[@JamesLovesGames118]

Sad but true. :(

[@stanleybuchan4610]

The world hates the English, because they seem to think that's where the home of football is

[@JamesLovesGames118]

@@stanleybuchan4610 Pretty sure the lyrics mean 'football's coming to our home', not the home of football itself.

[@tonyavenia6667]

You don't see the chap,who used a pandemic to prevent opposition fans,from attending in an england top now!

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

How to analyse the game as an England fan: -Watch only the opening 2 minutes, go to sleep until the start of the penalty shootout. -Rattle off a series of unconvincing, rehearsed lines such as "The so-called best team in the competition needed penalties to beat us, they are not that good"; "We were unlucky"; "We played clean while they were dirty"; "Chiellini strangled Saka and sent him to hospital"; "We beat Germany"; "They scored a scrappy goal while we scored a brilliant one", etc.

[@miloslavhubner7326]

LOL.

[@giuseppedl9049]

...appunto, gol brillante per partita e squadra scadente...ops...forse era il caso di continuare a dormire e lasciare alla Danimarca di non rimpiangere rigori con tuffo...ricorda "fortuna audaces iuvat" ...ariops, scusa, forse è troppo per il tifoso inglese...dormi , dormi che ti fa bene e passa dall'oculista al risveglio. Hanno avuto tutto a favore dalla UEFA, allo stadio alla tifoseria, sembrano bimbi a cui gli hanno negato il gelato. ;-)

[@m1sa226]

Experience + controlling the mid = win

[@annamariarenzi1687]

To understand why Italy wins, just come to Italy. The Italian Serie A is not like the English league with teams that reach 70% of foreigners paid by rich Arabs. Just walk down the street or go to the beach. Everywhere you can find kids, even 4 years old, kicking the ball. Even the smallest town has the local football team. This continually produces new good players. For the next world championships there will be a group of very good young people ready to join the team. Some were injured for this European. Mancini will have to work on the mentality which is a fundamental requirement more than technique.

[@alexmerc5062]

Netherland in 2000; Germany in 2006 and England 2021....Italy beat all of them in their stadium.

[@erwachsene6034]

Italien: it's Coming to Rome 🇮🇹💙🏆💚 England: Lockdown it's Coming home 😥🤣😥🤣

[@dia6olo64]

It always makes me laugh how often we have been told “by the experts” that Italy don’t have world class player but a good team. Yet when you go through the list of players… Donnarumma, up there with any goalkeeper. Bonucci & Chiellini, up there with any center backs in the world. Spinazzola, one of the very best left backs in the world Verratti & Jorginho, two of the worlds best midfielders We have not even mentioned Chiesa, Insigne, Locatelli… Some clown out there came out with this silly assessment and the rest of the footballing experts being what they really are (sheep) just went along with it, it’s laughable! 🤦‍♂️

[@jc-kj2on]

Maybe its because they dont have the big names like teams of the past like totti and pierlo ? Seems like go on and on during the game about how great they are over every other team then they slam them when they lose. I mean they way the get chit on no wonder they lose, my god i feel sorry for these kids.

[@itawolf2494]

I would add one more name to your list.Roberto Mancini.

[@dia6olo64]

@@itawolf2494 Yes that's a good point, apparently no one else in Italy saw that there was plenty of talent there apart from Mancini, Mancini also seems to have been the only one who felt Italy could play a different brand of football to their usual brand. He’s also tactically very astute. The truth is many of us often forget how important a manger is, we just see the players. Reality is that more often than not, teams win not individuals, often times “lesser teams” beat “better teams” because of one key fundamental difference, they are often much more of a team in the truest sense of all playing for the same cause pulling in the same direction and so forth. Mancini has done an incredible job here in terms of making Italy a team in the truest sense, the truth is he’s done it better than all the Euro 2020 managers and by some margin. So there’s no question Mancini is definitely another very critical player/cog call it what you want in the system.

[@0020ecapa]

Italy were the better team throughout Euro 2020 and anyone with a basic footballing insight will agree. In summary: Germany = 7 major trophies Italy = 6 major trophies France = 4 major trophies Spain = 4 major trophies England = 1 major trophy The above says it all. England are not a "heavyweight" footballing nation!! ⚽️

[@9jfd1]

@@0020ecapa And if Baggio didnt miss that penalty in USA 94 with Brazil it could have potentially given another title to Italy. They have significantly improved in penalties since then beating England twice, France in 06 and Spain

[@anzalmohammed1548]

Lol… wtf this guy is saying… tale of two halves!!…. After first 20mins england didnt have an possession of the ball… rewatch the game dude…. Apart from the first goal england was nowhere to seen..

[@RaiG4880]

Italy 🇮🇹 deserves the win , but England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had a very good squad too ( specifically in defense) but their fans made me cheer for Italy. And in the aftermath of all the racism. I picked they right team

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

Agree. The fans put me off. Southgate deserved a win, the team deserved a win, but not the insufferable hooligan fans. They don't deserve sh*t.

[@welovetorinoturinguidedtou9989]

@Oscar Ortiz in Italy we barely have any black population 🤷‍♀️While England colonised the world, basically creating a lot its problems starting with Israel - Palestine conflict. Go figure.

[@welovetorinoturinguidedtou9989]

@Oscar Ortiz yes but statisticly with 1% of black citizens how chance are that one makes it to the national team? It's not a matter of racism unless you are an idiot. However, we had the race issue with Mario Balotelli a few years ago and faced the matter. And btw you are the true racist saying a person is deserving only because is a 'minority'. You deserve for talent, not because a 'minority' factor. You are the true racist not us! And...minority? We don't have 'minorities' here, if you hate pineapple pizza or cappuccino in the evening just join us, no matter skin tone.. . Bye and enjoy your brainwash!

[@welovetorinoturinguidedtou9989]

@Oscar Ortiz the only thing we want to avoid is people like you 'you need minorities in your team'. YOU NEED GOOD PLAYERS IN YOUR TEAM. Good that Mancini refused to bow. Equality is made every day wiithout symbolism. Respect and be respected. Respect if you are majority, respect if you are minority, never expect special status for being major or minor. This is equality. I know what is like saying where you are from and seeing people's face change. Still, respect and be respected. Don't expect the 'minority' special treatment and you'll blessed. Good bye looser!

[@welovetorinoturinguidedtou9989]

@Oscar Ortiz say goodbye looser!

[@cr7theg.o.a.t723]

England: It's coming home Italy : Hold my pizza and pasta

[@scottlucidi6476]

Wait til you see Kean, Zaniolo, and Tonali on 2022. Italy is going to be very fun to watch.

[@cuginoeddie8677]

Maybe Tonali, Kean is overrated and Zaniolo is a head case

[@davidetoscanelli6142]

Overrated kean? Tonali ha deluso non poco in verità

[@scottlucidi6476]

Kean is AWESOME. zaniolo tore both acls. he will be back 2022

[@petervarone8462]

And Fagioli

[@mainamwareri6984]

There is no need to keep on harping how Italy subdued England. That's history, now. Let England keep on harping on their one off win in the world cup waaaay back in 1966. That's all they got in their memory bank. Pride comes before a fall, England, that's your own proverb, mark you.

[@lukehull8865]

Its not an english proverb at all? Its biblical? Thats just its english translation? 😂

[@empathy2754]

One never hear the English say that their team had an easy ride to the final.

[@lightcase377]

How? The other side had the majority of the players picked in the best X1 team

[@enzodellacorte1909]

England didn’t dominate the first half? Whats this guy talking about?

[@lamberto6405]

England did not dominate the first half. That's correct.

[@letsallgetalong5499]

@@lamberto6405 Their hate for England just blinds them to facts, just to many mindless trolls that for some reasons have decided that they despise England and I bet they don't have one good reason why !

[@Bread_Garlichouse]

@@letsallgetalong5499 England dominated 20 minutes. That's about it.

[@francescolol]

Bro hanno fatto la partita per i primi 20-25 minuti,e poi è stato un lento ma continuo crescendo da parte nostra.

[@hahdanghongha7810]

England dominated so much, they had 2 shoots on goal for the WHOLE match

[@tonyrun5802]

"for now" Defeat burn huh? EVERY ROAD BRINGS TO ROME, IT'S NEVER COMING HOME

[@massimilianopetrore]

You British people can still be biased after being smashed by us. What game did you watch, dude?

[@lightcase377]

British? English theres a difference, no one was smashed and as I am dutch I can say unbiased it went to penalties if Italy was so good why did you have to go all the way to penalties against the Youngest team in the tournament?

[@massimilianopetrore]

@@lightcase377 LOL

[@Junior-th9rt]

@@lightcase377 you can't talk you lost to Czech republic

[@zxtrenixx]

@@Junior-th9rt and couldn't beat Scotland

[@nzmarco]

@@lightcase377 Dutch? Please.

[@luigituri384]

To underrate Italy is always a big mistake. When you play a final in worldcup or eurocup, every team bring on the pitch his history. And here the difference between ITALIA and England is very simple. ITALIA played 10 finals ENGLAND 2. ITALIA won away four times, 1938 Paris worldcup, 1982 Madrid worldcup, 2006 Berlin worldcup, 2021 London eurocup. England won away... NEVER won away. That's it.

[@Darkscenes-jp4ge]

England cheated their only win too

[@antoniosilvestro9045]

Good comment but what about the head to head between the 2 teams in tournaments which have always been close games. Italy draws with England 0-0 in Euro 2012 and had to beat them on penalties. Same last year the match ended one each and we won again on penalties. The other 3 times we beat them was all by one goal. Tardelli scored the winner 1-0 in Euro 1980 and Italy won 2-1 in Italia 90 and beat them 2-1 in Brazil 2014 when super Mario got the winner. ALL OF THEM WERE VERY CLOSE MATCHES. My only criticism of both countries is why they cant find 11 players to play for them that are born in their own country. Two countries with populations of over 60 million people each and they have to field foreign born players from Brazil and Jamaica. England have a natural born scorer in Kane but Italy lack a consistent scorer since the days of Paolo Rossi. Where Italy lack a consistent striker they make up for it in team spirit which is what won the world cup in 2006 and the European championships last year. Thirteen goals last year was the most Italy has ever scored in any major tournament but 6 players got 2 goals each and the other one was an own goal in the opening match against Turkey.

[@oceanman3996]

Italy 🇮🇹😍😍😍

[@cristianmanni4109]

England only 1 attempt to Donnarumna, Italy 9 ... England only catenaccio. Italy deserved to win before penalties. Stop.

[@ewakaminska3832]

Unfortunately attempts to score they just numbers, they arent goals. And 9 attempts and 1 goal only and you say you deserve to win before penalties ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Maybe if you created another 10 chances you would be lucky to score the 2nd one rubbish strikers !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cristianmanni4109]

@@ewakaminska3832 The Cup won to the deserve team, and Italy played better. This the only important thing. Italy best team and won the Cup. Bye Bye!

[@maxovedo473]

Poor english . You can win international trophy only with club teams and the reason is : you' re plenty of top foreigners players . That's why the Premier League is beautiful to watch , but when it come the national team is another story . Your football is like your society: without foreigners you are nobody. Simply the truth

[@claudioferraro1652]

Standing ovation 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@sush2142]

Only person I feel bad about is Southgate. Italy played just too good.

[@tonyconnor5691]

Why, he made decisions for political grandstanding and being a scrub for blm in glad they lost

[@thorium522]

pickford was good too tho, probably the best for england

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Walker, Trippier, Maguire and Shaw have nothing to be ashamed of either. The rest... way beneath the level of their Italian counterparts (well Kane is far better than Immobile but that didn't show too much in the final).

[@colinmccarthy7921]

At half-time the Italians had a Pizza and some good Italian wine.That give them the impetus to beat England,in which they did do.Well done the Italians.

[@nicholasfedy4452]

Wtf? England scored at 3' but since the 15/20 Italy took the dominion for the whole game, humiliating England in ball possession and number of shots until the penalties. Pickford was good and he saved some goal, without Pickford the match should end in 2-1 or 3-1 for italians. Sterling and Kane disappeared thanks to Bonucci and Chiellini, Southgate send Saka to create counterattacks but he vanished too thanks to italian defs, and then send Rashford and Sancho for pens, and they didn't realize. It was a tactical and technical complete disaster for England, and a total and deserved triumph for Italy.

[@tropicano63]

Good video but i think Spinazzola deserves a mention. Before he has broken was one of the best.

[@guidopozzuoli9861]

"Umilta' e pastasciutta" la cura per voi inglesi! 😂😂😂🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@Azazzolo]

England got carried by Pickford and his saves in the final. If they still had Joe Hart it would have ended up 4:1 for Italy

[@alz6889]

Mate thats a good thing?

[@ericcheltenham7001]

Feel so bad for Pickford, the lad poured his heart and soul into every game we played

[@reubenhugo6450]

True

[@theviceroyaltyofdenmark908]

''the lad poured his heart and soul into every game we played''. How exactly? You mean by goalkeeping? Then you should feel bad for the goalkeepers who were actually robbed of a victory (Kasper Schmeichel, Hugo Lloris, just to name a few). The guy is a mediocre goalkeeper, who for most of the games stood with the England fans and chanted ''It's coming home''. Since your team was very fond of the infamous ''parking the bus in front of goal'' strategy, I'd argue that your players have saved more attempts than Pickford has. There's nothing to feel bad for on the England side, you guys were arrogant. Luckily karma is a bitch, and it came right back to bite you in the ass, because every road leads to rome.

[@ericcheltenham7001]

@@theviceroyaltyofdenmark908 ‘you guys were arrogant’ what does that mean? You assume all 70 million UK citizens are assholes because of what a few hundred did? Pathetic. And we English have the civility not to call out the Italian or Indian bots making racist comments on Saka’s, Rashford’s and Sancho’s instagram or harassing the England instagram page, because we can move on and don’t dwell in the past. Unlike Italy, we are a very well developed country with little corruption and we have stuff to celebrate other than football, such as the start of the premier league, not the farmers league serie A. You are a literal manchild for assuming that what the fans did is in any way related to the players and their superb efforts on the field. Learn to give respect where it’s due. Do you understand?

[@theviceroyaltyofdenmark908]

@@ericcheltenham7001 I think you forgot that it wasn't italians nor indians who were racist towards your players, it was English fans. Examplified by the amount of hatefull messages that has been graffitied onto wall paintings of said players. Last time I checked there were 57k at the semi final and 60k+ at the final, of which atleast 50k of them were hooligans. ''We cone move on and dont dwell in the past'' is that why ya'll are still desperately clinging on to your only victory in a major tournament back in 1966, yeah so progressive. Let's not act like the England players are innocent. I dont recall ever blaming them for something that the fans did, that was an assumption that you made yourself to try and spin a very clever narrative. Not the case however. Yes, the english football fans are Cancer, I agree. Secondly, your team has ''dived'' the most during uefa euro 2020, which is an objective fact so you cant disagree. That includes the likes of Kane and Sterling. Superb effort is a strong word, how about we call practically being served a path the the semi finals. Your very convinient covid-19 lockdown made it so your team always had the homefield advantage, and made it so only people living in the uk could attend (9/10 proportions of english fans). Secondly, your team were in the easiest out of all the groups, and were up against a fractured German team and an inexperienced Ukraine team, during which all games except the final you had the same bias ref. Not as much superb as it is relying heavily on all kinds of advantages. Then in the semi-final you had to resort to dodgy acting talent to win (Pathetic). And in the final, you scored a lucky goal and then just parked the bus infront of goal, trying to wait a 1-0 lead out for 88 minutes. It was clear that your team wasn't as strong as the clowns surrounding it claimed, when you faced teams who were on your level (Denmark, Italy), in which you scored lucky goals, played dirty (Countless fouls) and parked the bus infront of the goal whenever you had a lead. Let's not pretend anymore, it's clear that you're still salty over the loss. And while it might not be every england fan who is like this, it's surely the majority who is. There's a reason everyone outside of England hates hooliganism, it's not just because there's a few hundred of them. Literally no-one but yourselves wanted you to win, lol.

[@nzmarco]

@@ericcheltenham7001 piss off. Bots? You can’t even own up to your own racism. Always the victims.

[@iyerzzzzz]

I think the domination in the field kind of demoralized England while taking penalties

[@FAMA-18]

That’s true tho! shot their morales down.

[@antoniosilvestro9045]

Portugal have Ronaldo and Argentina have Messi but Italy have 11 world class team mates

[@giovannidepetris6335]

What game did this fellow watch? Italy was rising from the 30th minute first half, ground England down. Never saw Mount do anything Sterling? Who are Stokes Rice Phillips???

[@zippyblessed839]

Mount ?....who the hell is that? A nobody

[@Darkscenes-jp4ge]

And to this Day England still has never defeated Italy in a major tournament

[@giovanniriccardofagnani2675]

Italy play football england play ...what?

[@Darkscenes-jp4ge]

You still have to give them credit for almost winning

[@jacquelinemooney7102]

Was this guy watching the same game as me???? England played well for 15 minutes then put 10 men behind the ball. His description of Harry Kane is delusional!

[@byakuya_Hanqhal]

There's nothing to analyze,Southgate tactics was too pragmatic as always

[@fitstar8871]

Lol English coaches should all be athletes in their prime so they can at least run from their angry fans since they don't know much about tactics..😂😂😂

[@markcapili4859]

@@fitstar8871 yeah these fans don't know anything about tactics

[@rolandevans5894]

Pragmaticism usually yields the desired outcome through adopting a realistic course of actions to suit the current conditions; Southgate was not pragmatic - he was in a tit in a trance level of hebetude.

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

@@rolandevans5894 he did mess up the penalties for sure.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Surprise: scoring first then parking the bus before inevitably conceding and losing has been England's modus operandi since 1996 at least. Southgate didn't create that.

[@JamesLovesGames118]

This hurts. :( I know Italy was the better team and deserved its victory, but the heartbreak was real.

[@okochiigwechannel1055]

I blame Southgate for his decision

[@rosariorusso7777]

No you need to blame him because he tried to imitate italian football from the 90's but he didin't plan how to be a master of strong defence and fast counter attack...because we was the master..and we still remember very well how to win matches in effective counter attack...gareth southgate is very modest manager

[@sb7707]

Italy was on fire the whole tournament. Compare the ranks of the teams Italy had to beat to get to the finals with the teams england had to beat and you'll see the difference. Italy played beautiful attacking football while controlling the midfield and with a classic strong back line. I really think Italy are on to a great balanced all rounder team. They are pretty fluid. (I am reminiscing about old defensive style of Italian football) If this Italian generation can learn to pass like the Spanish, it would be all conquering and a treat to watch.

[@ginocacchiarelli3712]

Ma se invece dell'Italia cera il Galles in finale, che cosa facevate voi inglesi la GUERRA CIVILE?

[@FrenxGames]

Who wrote this script? He must have been high af, sterling player of the tournament? He wasn't even the best in his own team; England dominating the first half? Italy after the 20th minute were already controlling ball in england's half. I'll be brutally honest with such a disrespectful team, they were lucky to get to the final, and then were dominated even with home advantage, when even Spain was much more dangerous in the semi, Egland didn't deserve to win, it wasn't a 50/50 at all

[@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva]

They almost lost to Denmark of all teams. Go figure.

[@paul1979uk2000]

Imaging if England had the same route that Italy had whiles playing many of it's games away from home, does any of us think England would have got to the final? I doubt it. Many teams like Italy, Belgium and Spain could have knocked England out if they faced each other, even Austria did quite well. England on the other hand had one of the easiest routes to the finals whiles playing most of their games at home, for me that isn't impressive and something we might see in the next world cup where England won't have home advantage and are likely going to face a top teams at some point in the tournament, in other words, England won't look like anything special, they only looked good here because of whom they played against and home advantage. Which brings us to another thing, England have had two major tournaments, the Euros and the last world cup with a dream route that most teams would love to have had and most world-class teams would translate that into bringing the cup home and yet England failed on both accounts, I mean, how easy and on the plate did England want it? for me, that tells me everything I need to know about England in that they are not a world-class team and are second tier at best, it's record proves that. So I doubt they'll do well in the next world cup unless they have another easy route which if they do, questions need to be asked about UEFA and FIFA, after all, what's the odds of getting 3 easy routes in 3 major tournaments? in other words, England's luck has likely run out, they've had the best chance the last two tournaments with it more or less being given on a plate and yet couldn't do it, how bad will they look if they have to face one or two top sides early on in the tournament?

[@christinasalvatore1813]

smartest man on the planet

[@paul1979uk2000]

@@christinasalvatore1813 I wish I was but I'm not but I don't like to delude myself on wishful thinking like many people like to do, I like to see things for how they are and not how I want things to be. Still, the next World Cup is going to be interesting, Italy are in good standing for that and will fancy their chances of winning it. With any luck, England will get a tougher route so we can see how they really play, I suspect if they have a tougher route, they won't get anywhere near the final.

[@neel131185]

Loved it being an azzuri fan since baggio maldini times...

[@mtnazerali4921]

Thank God England lost! Hearing the phrase "It's Coming Home" causes ear cancer

[@chiselcheswick5673]

Yeah agree.. its worse when you live here. Makes me want to punch people.. and i am a native 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

[@ewakaminska3832]

Then put carrots in your ears

[@mtnazerali4921]

@@ewakaminska3832 No need. England lost. I'd rather eat the carrot

[@RogerVanDamme5]

Lol. Harry Kane was in no way dragging defending around and tearing them apart. He was more invisible than John Cena. England did nothing after the second minute. Italy didn’t have any clean cut chances but that’s because England were so defensive. So as soon as Italy scored England had lost because their their only tactic would no longer work. They literally didn’t press the entire game. I remember watching Italy pass the ball around for about a minute uncontested, their players just slotting in and out of space.

[@emanuelemaragno8840]

Fact, England never beat a great team in the knockout stage at any major tournament. Italy are used to tough games, many times overcome much better teams. Experience, toughness and will win finals, all that England lack of.

[@Darkscenes-jp4ge]

How about Germany?

[@marioarena7921]

Gli sconfitti che non accettano di aver perso dopo aver perso, di una sconfitta totale, ecco il non saper perdere rendere ai vincitori ancora piu dolce la vittoria :)

[@vandanashukla1811]

Certain decisions of Gareth southgate are totally not understandable. He should have to give more game time to Jadon Sancho and Jack grelish. He is also doing his best substitutions very late..

[@markcapili4859]

Tactics

[@72007www]

The other could be, he used his substitute very early, so they were all tired to take the penalties. and that's where they lost.

[@vandanashukla1811]

@@72007www yes sure

[@archyballin800]

You meant how England destroyed herself....

[@Only_Riot]

Donnarumma is an amazing goalkeeper bro...ik psg about to get him..buh if man united do..they would be so op😂

[@tonyavenia6667]

Football truly came home and England felt like home,inspite of Boris hatching a plot to prevent Italian fans from obtaining tickets,and and even encouraging even more English fans to break into the stadium .England really were playing on fantasy island, where opponents,are hand picked,and the biggest fix of them all six games at Wembley in a tournament that was supposed to be shared around .

[@elizabethtanner9050]

England had every game bar one at home, and much the easier half of the draw. Those were the main reasons they got to the final. Just like the last world cup, when they finally came up against a top team, they were found out.

[@JCzzzzz]

Putting 2 "cold" players in to take penalties. That's not a good idea. I don't think Rashford or Sancho got a meaningful touch of the ball before they took the penalty. Putting Saka in as the 5th taker is also not ideal. He hasn't even taken a penalty before in any match prior to this. Having said that, which manager got England any closer to a major trophy than Southgate? None. And to dissect his decisions just because England didn't win is rather unappreciative. The English kept saying "Football is coming home!" when they have NEVER won the Euros. This shows how full of themselves the English are. Besides the anomaly of 1966, England were never close to winning. Brazil won the World Cup 5 times... Germany won it 4 times... Italy won it 4 times too... if football has a home, it will be one of these nations... England? Won once in World Cup... Even Denmark and Greece also won Euros once each... and let's not mention the disrespectful English fans, they are probably why England deserves to lose

[@BigWill2k]

I'm amazed Southgate was so ill prepared for what to do in a penalty situation..surely it should have been talked about beforehand and nailed on who's taking pens!

[@JCzzzzz]

@@BigWill2k I think he did think about it but he stuck with the plan so much and even when it is a corner they are defending, he still sent on Sancho and Rashford. It would be ashame if England concede a goal at that time. If he wanted that, he should be more positive and send on these 2 youngsters to have a run at the Italian defence. As for Saka, he should have considered his age and training ground efficiency is by no means equal to a real pressure situation when you have to score or your team lose.

[@FAMA-18]

@@JCzzzzz I agree with everything you said but, accept for when you said , Brazil won it 5- times and Germany 4-times and Italy 4-times but, if you put them in oder it’s, Brazil 5 Italy 4 and than Germany 4 bc Italy won its 4th w-title in 06 and Germany won it’s 4th w-title in 2014.

[@JCzzzzz]

@@FAMA-18 Thanks for your correction. Well, to me it doesn't matter who won it first. I do hope England FA should permanently ban fans who are racist and behave like hooligans! Then no matter if they win another major trophy or not, they will have beaten these bad behaviour once and for all

[@m.k.s.7417]

I think, that it was either: dyslexia and/or; "a typo"?? "It is coming Home"; but: "The H"; was- supposed; to be: "an R!!"?? = Not: "it is-coming_ Home"; but-rather:- "It is coming ROME!!"??

[@eralddhimitri3320]

Andrea Pirlo’s panenka really is the stuff of legend’s!

[@neerajj1809]

After 2o min of 1st half story was complete different from this fairy tale 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tombartram6842]

Spoiler alert: if you're expecting this to be a montage of Italian near misses forget it, although they did kindly edit out most of their fouls.

[@katrintamborrini2424]

italia ha vinto perche siamo migliore

[@mjfantuz]

The script of this video had smoked a lot prior to posting. This is the problem most people don’t look at games from the middle, always with one sided mindset. It to 19 minutes for the double espressos to kick in. That’s all!

[@ARobFpv007]

Southgate got scared to go forward! After the early goal was scored that was there down fall, you can’t do that with a brilliant Italian side. Penalties again which Southgate experienced with no success and now 3x players missed & inexperienced in a massive final game! Italian’s clearly the best side in the tournament Congratulations. 🇮🇹🏆

[@randomkiliinterviews9453]

This is something I really don't get ... In what way does the number of times a nation was in a final have an effect on the experience of a given team ? After all it was all different people on all the other occasions ?

[@Storiaron]

Y that was a dumb point. Tho, on the other hand, england's players went into the penalty shootout knowing that their country has been the laughing stock of penalty shootouts for decades(forever?). That cant be helpful

[@72007www]

Approach, Mindset which is being developed while playing, training by coaching staff is what he meant. They know how it is being done and how to react in tough times etc.

[@nzmarco]

Like any sport. India is good at cricket, New Zealand rugby. It’s player development

[@emadmohamedable]

It is a psychological thing. That is all

[@imskint1]

England were Sackas! Forza Campioni!!!! 🇮🇹

[@kevincarrick6904]

Coming home what a joke

[@englishworld3381]

Except that goal that was scored by England... they were no where near to Italy.

[@fitstar8871]

Simply Italy happened to play some ball lol something that the great Inventors of football have never seen before so it caught England offguard Hahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@fitstar8871]

Should donate some ⚽s Next time if people play some street soccer instead of drinking 24/7 then UK might actually develop some real ballers lol not just some fifa models 😂😂😂😂

[@antoniosilvestro9045]

You supposed to sing ITS GOING HOME after you have won the trophy !

[@MegaMegamann1]

Sorry, inexperienced is bollox. If you're an England player, you're old enough.

[@sandeepkumar-co1ev]

Say that to Saka, sancho, Rashford:)

[@darthzannah8900]

??

[@littlelou1811]

I agree. The 3 of these guys play for top teams and have been playing with them for a while now. In my opinion they should expect these kinds of situations. I do think Saka should have went later but even so they fight to play for their country so they should know what that entails

[@fitstar8871]

Yeah because a 20 y old has the same experience as someone who have already played in Wc and euro before lol

[@sloanbishop1141]

8 Goals in 2 games for England👏👏👏

[@sreeragmsudheesh]

I can't see any analysis, anyone who watched the game knows all this.

[@mardayrudy6689]

England tried CATTENACIO to masters who created it and made it an art. Really England? Playing CATTENACIO to Italy?🤣🤣🤣 Are you serious?

[@brucewayne3602]

took a month to comprehend Italy's transformation - could we brand it "Mancini Magic" ??? ... unfortunately England was outcoached but huge congrats to the Boys in Blue !!!

[@kentcapers5058]

Jose Mourinho said on Talk Sport that there was a player who played in the World Cup semifinals in 2018 who refused to take a penalty, so this person who was on this 2021 team, wasn’t selected. I’m curious to know who that experienced player was & should he be relied upon in the World Cup if it comes to penalties?🤔

[@soumyadeepghosh8594]

I think it was Vardy.

[@savyb9656]

First 20 mins England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 we’re the dominant team shud off taken there chances !!!! After that it was one way traffic !! There’s is a reason why Italy 🇮🇹 have won 4 world cups and 2 European championships.

[@rick-pn3fq]

sancho and saka cant be blamed there shot was on target great save from donnarumma

[@capitanpredone]

come on Italy !! 🇮🇹🇮🇹 English at home!!

[@freddy-wellz233]

#Forzaitalia #ForzaAzzurri #itscomingtoRome🇮🇹🔥💯👍👊🏿

[@nicholasfedy4452]

ENGLAND tactics: Kane as an advanced attacker: FAILED Sterling as an offensive wing: FAILED Catenaccio: FAILED Saka for counterattack: FAILED Sancho and Rashford for pens: FAILED Since '15/'20, Italy took the absolute dominion of the game and submitted England in every tactics and zone of the pitch.

[@nilezrule]

Has it come home yet?

[@FAMA-18]

No not yet, they still keeping a lookout!

[@DjDamnStrange]

Southgate wanted to introduce diversity in a penalty shootout?

[@ljacobs357]

England was the most boring team to watch in the tournament.

[@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva]

The eternal Anglo cope is real lmao. England dominated the first half? More like the first 20 minutes before parking the bus and praying no counter would lead to a goal. *They forgot they were playing against a 4 time World Champion and 1 time European Champion with balanced total football, who had eliminated the number 1 on the FIFA Ranking (Belgium) with surprising ease in the quarter finals and hadn't lost a match in over 30 or so matches.* That alone should have raised some red flags to play strong and balanced instead of defend all evening. Also, the reason Southgate chose all those inexperienced players was simple: diversity. He wanted to shill a narrative that wasn't there, but it ended up blowing up in his face in hilarious fashion. That's it. England should even be considered lucky to reach the finals. Had they not played 90% of all their games at Wembley, they would have been humiliated easily. They almost lost to Denmark of all teams. *DENMARK.* Let that sink in.

[@_ZR11_]

Second!! Hawwww yeahhhhhh

[@Casanovamorris]

The moment you mentioned the words England dominating...was the moment bullshit was forever in your post!

[@kohank5938]

Maybe kneeling too much tiring them down?

[@anicamiljevic8803]

🤣🤣👍

[@tombartram6842]

England needed 2 minutes to score a very good goal and the Italy needed nearly two HOURS to grab a scrappy one.

[@ozzispurs8461]

i think you need a watch that works

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

That's a whole new way of analyzing football matches. Interesting. Maybe contact FIFA and the IFAB to suggest that as a new rule: "very good goals" should count double (triple if scored by England), while "scrappy" goals count as 0.5 (0.25 if scored against England).

[@tombartram6842]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgiaoh thou art soo droll. I wuzz merely referring to entertainment value in a typically dull tense final. England provided more of it during their brief period of ascendancy than Italy during their long one.

[@nzmarco]

@@tombartram6842 you are clearly in need of medication and glasses.