Football’s coming to Rome? Italy fans look to Wembley showdown

Italians are excited for the Euro 2020 final against England: If we play with the heart, we will win'

Tens of thousands of English football fans at Wembley tried to send a message to Italy on Wednesday night: Sunday's Euro 2020 final will be hell for the Azzurri. Italians heard the deafening cheers of the home support loud and clear, but that chant, It's coming home", screamed at the top of English lungs does not seem to have affected them greatly. They are far from intimidated.

It's coming home? Maybe the English fans meant it's coming to Rome'," said Giovanni Mapelli, 14, from Monticello Brianza, near Milan, who plays for a local football team. Since England won a place in the final, he and his brother have been mocking his England-born-and-raised mother.