{"id":10714,"date":"2021-07-10T08:39:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T08:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=10714"},"modified":"2021-07-10T08:53:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T08:53:02","slug":"hold-your-horses-it-is-coming-to-rome-italians-warn-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=10714","title":{"rendered":"Hold your horses,  it is coming to Rome,  Italians warn England."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/b9648b86-536b-41dc-b239-4ef88abd4831\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Euro 2020 &#8216;s curtains are almost coming down. France,&nbsp; Portugal and Belgium both that were billed as favourites dropped out of the going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However Englands soccer crazy fans can now dare to dream as they chant&nbsp; It is coming home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brits are now on claud 9but the Italians are hearing none of that yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>English fans are arrogant and disrespectful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some parts of Italy\u2019s media warmed up for Sunday\u2019s Euro 2020 final between Italy and England by accusing the home side of arrogance, a lack of technical quality and even being party to a dark international conspiracy.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Ahead of the match at Wembley Stadium \u2014 the first time England\u2019s men have appeared in the final of a major international football tournament since 1966 \u2014 some Italian commentators cited the England fans\u2019 enthusiastic embrace of the chant \u201cit\u2019s coming home\u201d as evidence of misplaced overconfidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1323332638-288b.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10718\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1323332638-288b.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=10718\" class=\"wp-image-10718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1323332638-288b.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1323332638-288b-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe Italians believe we can lose, the English think they have to win,\u201d wrote Italian journalist Beppe Severgnini in the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. \u201cThat\u2019s why, often, we do better than them. In our attitude we mix caution, experience and superstition. Their attitude is a mixture of pride, imprudence and impatience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to point out that the Italian men\u2019s national football team, known as the Azzurri, have won four World Cups and one European championship \u2014 while England have won just one World Cup 55 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe motto that sounds in English stadiums these days should be corrected: Football is coming home \u2014 but trophies not yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Italian daily Domani, Pippo Russo noted that the chants of \u201cit\u2019s coming home\u201d were ironic as they were being sung by fans of \u201ca country that can only succeed at home\u201d, in reference to the 1966 World Cup victory, secured in another final at Wembley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resurrecting the more recent ghosts of Euro 1996, Giuseppe Pastore noted in Il Foglio, another Italian newspaper, that \u201cEnglish fans are so persuaded and pervaded by the desire to raise a cup after 55 years that they amiably gloss over the origins of that song (Three Lions) .\u2009.\u2009.\u2009which was recorded to celebrate a European title they would win at Wembley that they never won, beaten on penalties in the semi-finals by Germany\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About the England team he noted that Italy\u2019s opponents would be \u201ca rare case of a tactically shrewd English national team\u201d and that the English would start as the \u201cgreat favourites\u201d for the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>England has really improved ~Capello.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fabio Capello, a highly decorated former Italian international and coach who managed the English national team between&nbsp;2008 and 2012, praised the current England team\u2019s work ethic but played down their players\u2019 level of skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cEngland is an interesting team, not yet a great one,\u201d Capello said. \u201cIn the midfield, they do not have much quality, but they are all people who work<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210710_090008-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210710_090008-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210710_090008-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210710_090008-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210710_090008-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210710_090008.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is coming to Rome&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juventus defender Bonucci, 34, will line up alongside 36-year-old centre-back partner Giorgio Chiellini to face an England team with an average age of 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonucci joked it will be &#8220;youngsters against old men&#8221; as Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate can call upon the likes of Bukayo Saka, 19, and 21-year-old Jadon Sancho in his attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They have very strong attackers, we will need great attention towards them and the whole team,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We know the difficulties they can give us and we will have to be careful about their speed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy will face England on Sunday in a high octane match. Who will it be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Euro 2020 &#8216;s curtains are almost coming down. France,&nbsp; Portugal and Belgium both that were billed as favourites dropped out of the going. However Englands soccer crazy fans can now dare to dream as they chant&nbsp; It is coming home. 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