I don't think anyone can deny that after 20 mins we basically sat back and had no intent. We have a younger, fresher team, too, who had played less minutes.
It's really quite simple, if you play defensively aiming to get penalties, you should be on the hook for a penalty loss.
They always say "Leave nothing on the pitch and have no regrets."
What would have happened if we'd actually gone for it? Grealish playing in normal time, having attacking intent and trying to put the game to bed.
Italy were rattled early on. You saw them angry at each other.
Then we sat back and let them control the game. Let them get comfortable. Let them have time on the ball, to find their range and settle down, to start playing their game.
And whilst England had no possession, they were increasingly uncomfortable when they did have the ball.
This is everything that's wrong with a defence-first approach. More to the point, we've seen England fail to defend a lead how many times now? Why is nobody learning from that?
So yeah... what could have been, if only we'd dared to try.