Euro 2020 final: England now 1 game from finally ending 55 years of misery
- England overcome Denmark and now have a chance to win their first major trophy since the 1966 World Cup
- The team now face a formidable Italian side who are riding a 33-game winning streak
All the years of hurt, England fans sing about it. All that sense of entitlement, rival fans are irritated by it.
After decades of embarrassment and moaning at tournaments, the English have a chance to finally back up the bravado – just listen to the team anthem, “Football’s Coming Home” – with a trophy.
The nation that lays claim to being the inventor of soccer, but is more fittingly one of the sport’s great underachievers, is back in a final – against Italy in the European Championships.
The teams will meet on Sunday night at Wembley Stadium in London where England will be going for their first major title since winning the 1966 World Cup on their home field. The Italians are unbeaten in 33 games.
It has been 55 agonising years for England through 26 World Cups and European Championship tournaments, seven of which they didn’t even qualify for.
Even less illustrious national teams like Denmark and Greece have won trophies since then. But England became all about falling short on a world stage it felt it should dominate.
