Previewing Euro2020 Cup finals, Italy vs England// will England finally lay their hands on a trophy after 50 years of waiting?

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Finally we're down with the last 2 teams, unarguably the best two teams in the Euro 2020 tournament. Maybe nobody would have predicted Italy vs England finals at first but after the group stages matches, I did see the Italian national team going far in this competition, same thing for the English national, a team that doesn't concede at all until the semifinals.


has Euro 2020 lived up to the hype and expectations?

Personally, i felt this tournament had lived up to its billing, teams came with high expectations, no minnows, every team gave a very good fight. In the group of death France,Germany,Portugal and hungary.
Surprisingly Hungary gave a very good fight, undefeated against france and Germany and nearly qualified from that group only for them to concede late against Germany.


France,Portugal and Germany all got knocked out in the round of 16, while the golden boys of Belgium cannot go past Italy in quarterfinals.

Denmark almost made it to the finals only to concede a cheap penalty late in the extra time to England.


  • Analysing the finals and the two finalists in Italy and England;

England; the English national team has benefitted greatly from their players current form.

Saka for example who happens to be Arsenal revelation in the just concluded season, took that his outstanding to the Euros thereby helping England. Luke shaw who has created most chances had made it to the EPL team of the season and there is no doubt about his quality. Harry kane anytime anyday will get you the goals and luckily hes put his injuries behind him. The list go on and on.
In summary its not only tactical genius of gareth southgate but the teams form generally not taking anything away from the manager thou, hea done well with his selections so far, the defense has been solid too conceding just one goal so far enroute to the finals.

Raheem Sterling,Luke shaw,Maguire have all been my england standout performer in this Euro cup


Italy;

For Italy, i did fall in love with them after their third group stage match, too much confidence, and looks compact. Jorginho has been giving them the pirlo vibe in that midfield while insigne has also been outstanding and to go past bonucci and chiellini looks almost impossible. Had a very good game against Belgium in the quarterfinals and Spain in the semifinals.
I think the Advantage Italy has going to the finals is that Italy have played more tough opponents compared to England.
Belgium, Spain all exposed Italy's weaknesses which i think the italians under Roberto mancini will work on to improve.


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My predictions for the Italy vs England finals

Perhaps the two most complete teams are squaring up against each other.
For 50 years England hasnt won any major trophy, i cant remember the last time time Italy won an European championship, meaning the two nations want this trophy so badly.
Now left to the coach to decide and setup his team with a perfect game plan. Will the players up their game and give in everything with the right attitude?
This final is not going to be one with many goals and might be a close one that may go to extra time and possibly penalty shout out.

England will need to be extra careful so that they don't get hit by a counter attack from the Italians.

Another thing, the Italian must work on is to prevent England from playing from the flanks, remember virtually all England's goals have come from the wings, so i felt Mancini will put extra man in both flanks so as to frustrate whoever is playing from the flanks.

This final will be a perfect one at the Wembley stadium fortress for the england national teams.

at the end of the day it's going to be a team who needs it the most and a team that can stay focused all through the entire match that gets the win.
Seriously this is going to be a very tight match that can go either way on Sunday, and one sure thing is that there must be a winner.


So share with me based on your own analysis who are you giving it to, and the likely score line. Let us interact.



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Interesting read and great review. Can't wait for this match. This will sure be a historic final, one never to forget. It will be an intense battle between this two that will likely span into penalties.

Indeed the winner will be team who desire it more. At this point they both deserve it after going all the from the group stage. Impressive stats from both team. May the better win on Sunday evening.

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Am with you on this,may the best team wins...it easy for the neutral fans, we just want to enjoy good football

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Yeah. Will also be on the fence on this one. Looking forward to see a very entertaining match between the two while I watch from my couch.

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