Losing to Italy in the Euro 2021 FInal was so very, very English, part of the great national pastime of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory – like Brexit.
The final four at Euro 2020 thave made it through to the Wembley showdown over the coming week and at least none of them will be shuffling the pack because of suspensions. Injury, on the other hand, is another matter entirely.
We’re down to the proper stuff at Euro 2021 as we go into the last 16 with a horribly unbalanced-looking draw that will have 8 nations dreaming and 8 sweating.
In time honoured fashion, England’s preparations for Euro 2021 got off to a lacklustre start as they limped past Austria in Middlesbrough on Wednesday night.