This was the tournament for England to win and they couldn't. Scored early and they just let Italy completely take over the game. At one point the possession was like 78-22. They lost momentum and Southgate was just watching. Also Italy were weakened. Spinnazola injured earlier on and in the game the man who was leading the charge Chiesa also went off.
They made a real mess of London yesterday as well, fucking hell it was packed. People began drinking from 6am.
Overall though Italy deserved. Better team in the final, they beat arguably the best team in the world in Belgium. They beat the best passing team in Spain. They beat the home team in England. Mancini done a monster job with them.
Ronaldo wins golden boot lol, I mean it just had to happen after Messi wins his first international tournament.
As for the tournament as a whole thought it was pretty good to be honest. The format with the multiple hosts was stupid and should never be done again as some teams got really shafted with the travelling they had to do. No surprise that the 4 semi-finalists were all teams who played their first 3 games at home.
Biggest disappointment for me was obviously how mortifyingly shit Turkey was. In the last 2 years we beat France, the Netherlands and last beat Norway 3-0 away. Everyones thinking with all the talent now playing for big clubs, 3 players from French champions Lille surely we should have done better. We end up being clearly the worst side in the tournament. The manager was fucking clueless and once again the players looked out of sorts.
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