Italy-England Prediction & Tips
Italy will face England in the Euro 2020 final which will be played at the Wembley stadium in a context that, of course, will favor the British national team. Not only because it is played on English soil but because covid-19 requires a maximum of 1000 fans from Italy in agreement between the local authorities and UEFA. To support the team coached by Roberto Mancini, therefore, apart from the aforementioned thousand, there will be all Italians residing in the United Kingdom. For Italy it will be the fourth final at the European Championships after the success of 1968 against Yugoslavia and the defeats in 2000 against France and in 2012 against Spain. For England, on the other hand, it will be the first time ever in the last act of the maximum continental review.
The Azzurri will try to silence a Wembley that was a pit in the semifinal against Denmark. “Football’s coming home”, the song that fans sing at every match of the national team in an international review hoping that a title will return to England 55 years after the victory in the World Cup (also played at home), is the symbol of what was the flop of the Three Lions national team in over half a century. Both teams suffered in their respective semi-finals. Italy was unable to express their game against a Spain that dominated in midfield and has long put under the Azzurri: after taking the lead with Federico Chiesa, Italy was reached by the goal of the other Juventus player Alvaro Morata . The Spanish striker, however, thwarted a great performance by missing the decisive shot for the Red Furies on penalties and giving Jorginho the “match-ball” that the Chelsea player scored shortly after.
England, on the other hand, had to resort to extra time to overtake Denmark. The English, who went under by a goal, drew with an own goal by AC Milan player Simon Kjaer and then resolved it in extra time with a penalty that to the vast majority of fans appeared, to put it mildly, very “generous. “. Kane still failed from the spot because Schmeichel had the penalty neutralized, but was quick to pounce on the goalkeeper’s rebound and push the ball into the net. The confirmation of the generosity of the penalty came from the admission of the English themselves: press, opinion makers, former footballers and Kane himself have established that Sterling had let himself fall. And what’s more, the action that led the referee to whistle the penalty was vitiated by a further non-regulatory factor: the presence of two balls on the pitch. Episodes not to be overlooked in predicting a match of this type, given that often in the past the teams that played at home have been “helped” willy-nilly by referees conditioned by the atmosphere of the match.
The one in the final of Euro 2020 will be the 28th direct confrontation between Italy and England, with the Azzurri leading 11-8 while there were 8 draws. Italy won the last official match, 2-1 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, while in the next two friendlies they arrived as many 1-1: in 2015 in Turin and in 2018 at Wembley. And speaking of Wembley: in the temple of football, England and Italy have already faced each other 6 times with 2 Italian wins, 3 draws and 1 English success. There are also two other matches played in London, but in two stadiums that have now disappeared: in 1934 at Highbury and in 1949 at White Hart Lane and on both occasions England won.
Italy is back from a series of 33 consecutive useful results across all competitions.
England are back from a streak of 12 consecutive useful results across all competitions.
After 11 games without conceding a goal, Italy have conceded at least one goal in the last 3 games.
After 7 games without conceding, England conceded a goal in the semi-final against Denmark.
Italy has scored at least 1 goal in all matches of this European Championship and has an average of 2 goals per game. England have the best defense with just one goal conceded.
Italy has often done feats where no one thought it was possible and the last one succeeded in 2006 against Germany in a Dortmund packed with German fans. Many Azzurri will be in their first great final of their career, but the English are no less and in a race that could be very “closed” we choose to trust Italy with a Double Chance 1X (Italy is considered a team of home, ed) associated in combo with Under 3.5.
Italy-England FREE TIPS
England – Win @ 2.25
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
