Euro 2020, London to Italy fans: “Don’t come to GB for the final”

“Don’t come to GB for the Italy-England Euro 2020 final on Sunday”. The exhortation comes from the British Transport Minister Grant Shapps. To those who asked him if he would recommend Italian fans to go to Wembley stadium to watch the match against England, the minister said: “No is the answer to this simple question”. “If we realize that people arrive only for this match, they will not be able to enter and, for this reason, many direct and charter flights have been canceled,” he added in an interview with Times Radio. Read also PRESS GB CAUSES ITALY, ‘LOSCHI AND FACED’ Meanwhile, two days before the final, the British press teases the Azzurri team trying to load the extra man on which the English will be able to count on Sunday evening at Wembley, the public . A certain fatalism transpires on the tabloids: the National Three Lions will take home a historic victory, the first in a European, after the 1966 World Cup success. On the controversy that arose after the generous rigor with which the English bent 2-1 the Denmark in extra time in the semifinals, the argument is dismissed by reiterating that England will win without favors and what happened with the Danes is certainly not help arrived to help the home team. Most of the front pages of the English press have gone from the atmosphere of euphoria and triumph for having reached the final on 11 July against Italy, to an all-out defense of Southgate and its players, relaunching a confrontation at a distance with the Mancini’s national team. The front page of the Daily Star opens today with a provocation: “While the cheeky Italians accuse our heroic Three Lions of having been helped to win with a penalty, we ask ourselves: what have the Romans ever done for us?” . Accompanying the photograph of a pizza with a list written on it of what the civilization of the Empire, the cradle of present-day Europe since ancient times, would have bequeathed to everyone: aqueducts, health system, roads, irrigation, civilization. By inserting, however, also elements brazenly linked to easy stereotypes, such as “beautiful women, good wine, incredibly sweet men, enchanting bathrooms”. In recent days there have been no lack of ‘vitriolic’ comments against Ciro Immobile on the occasion of the goal of Barella against Belgium. The sore attacker on the ground after the goal immediately jumped to his feet to celebrate with his teammates, an attitude defined as “dodgy”, “shady, mean”. Everything is therefore valid to charge the public in view of the final, the Azzurri at Wembley will find a pit of 60 thousand fans, just over ten thousand Italians who will be able to access the stadium. We are heartened by Antonio Conte’s reflections according to which the pressure of the stadium certainly did not help Kane and his teammates to play better against Denmark, quite the contrary. We just have to wait for the indisputable verdict of the field.