Delusional - England were heavily outclassed in the final, it was lucky to get to penalties. How? Because unlike NM and NI, England actually want to score goals and move forward.
The problem is that Italy can only make space with the movement when there is space. NM like NI didn't attack - they just sat deep and went for long ball counter. Mancini had the option to bring in other forwards to mix it up, he didn't and people like Insigne, Immobile etc are all the same type of person (I personally don't rate either of them). Sure Spina and maybe Chiesa may have been helpful, but without a tall man upfront or at least a target man, it was all the same stuff. Me and others knew Italy would struggle to break them down, we weren't wrong.
Yet again, fine margins in the other group games which Italy have massively dominated - Switzerland, Bulgaria, NI, NM - missed penalties, missed chances (that Barardi almost open goal yesterday - yikes). Shouldn't have even been in the playoffs if they got put away.
Will Mancini go? Who knows, but he needs to think about his line-up so it offers more options.
