Last they won a knock out match was in 2006.
It's not coming Rome.
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Nice to see Italy taking a stand against Qatar hosting the World Cup and not play in it
It's incredible they've missed out. Mancini will be looking for a new job I guess
It's incredible they've missed out. Mancini will be looking for a new job I guess
Well to be fair it wasn't just Italy celebrating, more like the entirety of Europe, so it's not entirely fair to hold that against the Italians.
Gentlemanly behaviourOMG they celebrated in Sicily after winning a European Championship?
Pricks. I can absolutely see why there is a need here for English fans to forego their famed gentelmanly behaviour and give it large here. After all, it's not like England fans have been singing about football "coming home" (incorrectly) for the past half century
Bring back the euros forum pleeeeaase.
. Yeah cause we saw a lot of that from the Italians after the Euros. This is perhaps why some England fans want to have a go now.Call me if you need to chat, pal.OMG they celebrated in Sicily after winning a European Championship?
Pricks. I can absolutely see why there is a need here for English fans to forego their famed gentelmanly behaviour and give it large here. After all, it's not like England fans have been singing about football "coming home" (incorrectly) for the past half century
Bring back the euros forum pleeeeaase.
Finishing bottom of such an easy group in 2010 was bad enough (that’s the easiest group I can remember any ‘heavyweight’ team failing to make it out of), but to then follow that up with another group stage exit and then 2 successful qualifying campaigns is crazy.
Sandwiched in between those disastrous showings, they done well at the Euros beating Germany en-route to the final in 2012, Belgium and Spain in 2016 and of course going home with the trophy last summer.
Sandwiched in between those disastrous showings, they done well at the Euros beating Germany en-route to the final in 2012, Belgium and Spain in 2016 and of course going home with the trophy last summer.
Step one: England fans being obnoxious, plastering everything with "It's coming home"Gentlemanly behaviour
Step two: "It's just banter you idiot, it's part of the game"
Step three: someone makes fun of England
Step four: "oh my god did you see what they said against England? Some of them even celebrated their victory, despite it being a heart break for England! Totally out of line. I hate them now."
I think the real hero of this story is Jogi Löw, for sacrificing himself and donating three points to the North Macedonians, getting them through to the playoffs and giving them the confidence to beat Italy.
So long as they stopped England winning the Euros I will always love the Italians.
Imagine losing a final to a team that's more shite than North Macedonia 
Certainly is one of the more curious stories in international football. Fail to qualify for WC2018, then go on a world record undefeated run and win Euro2020 before failing to qualify for WC2022.
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The first step is surely anti England fans getting triggered by a song.
Look, how can they get triggered before it's actually sung? That doesn't make sense. And the fact that you would use the phrase "anti England fans" proves my previous point.
Aye because that's what the English fans in the bars all across the country would have said to any italians they came across.
The fact you and others mention it indicates people are triggered by it whereas for England fans it’s sung in every sport as a laugh as we acknowledge its probably not coming home. Sure we believed we had a shot in the final but a lot of us knew Southgate is not the best manager.
Fair to say that the squad suddenly lost the hunger, the only Qualifier they won was against Lithuania.
Drew against Bulgaria, Switzerland twice, and Nothern Ireland, now lost to North Macedonia.
Drew against Bulgaria, Switzerland twice, and Nothern Ireland, now lost to North Macedonia.
Look pal, I think you're so triggered by my "anti England fanism" you're missing my point.
Italian reaction post Euros had some pent up Brexit resentment about it, which isn't hard to understand if every time they opened a newspaper they had Boris' smirking straight at them.
For all the talk of England being a special place and the Prem being world-beating, we've still won sweet F A
For all the talk of England being a special place and the Prem being world-beating, we've still won sweet F A
I think the Home and Rome banter was fun, not sure why it's being taken so seriously here.
As an Italy fan, the memes are funny.
There's one of Chiellini holding Saka in the Euro final with Macedonia written on Chiellini, and "Italy going to the worldcup" written on Saka.
As an Italy fan, the memes are funny.
There's one of Chiellini holding Saka in the Euro final with Macedonia written on Chiellini, and "Italy going to the worldcup" written on Saka.
Laughing is all well and good, but I much prefer a world cup with Italy there to be honest.
Look mate, I’m just getting my own back at some of the comments we had to endure after the final. That is all. Italian fans and others liked to give it out so we are just giving it back.
I would have liked to see a Italy Portugal match in the next round. I agree with you but if you get qualify out of your group as European winners then you don’t deserve to be there. It’s shocking for sure.
Italy can still sing it, it’s sung in irony after all
Struggling to take it after giving it out rather large.
Just a bit of fun guys. Chill.
Thought this thread might turn into England bashing.
Mental people still don’t get the ‘it’s coming home’ song. You’ve had it explained to you enough times. Pretty obnoxious really, refusing to understand other cultures.
Exactly.
Lads, lads, lads
It's coming home. Britannia rules the waves
It's coming home. Britannia rules the waves
Its just banter right?
Still have the Euros so it wont bother them that much.
Still have the Euros so it wont bother them that much.
True. Although to be honest I'd actually forgotten about the bizarre anti-English sentiment during the Euros. **** em.
Worst international tournament for me was when England didn't qualify for the Euros. I'm sure the day will come that we don't qualify for the world cup and I don't look forward to it. Failing twice in a row must be miserable.
A lot of regulars in that team will never play at a world cup.
A lot of regulars in that team will never play at a world cup.
Indeed. They would have said this ^ sort of weird unfunny xenophobic shit a lot of them.
Must admit I had a great time at the final and the atmosphere was very fun where I was but the "stick your pasta up yer arse" lot always make me feel embarrassed.
I love that no matter how many times England fans keeps saying they sing this ironically it just never rings true.
We all know come the world cup you will be singing it again and you will actually believe you can win it
It only makes it sweeter when you don't
Their front three are simply not good enough for a top international side; this has been the case for years.
Chiesa is really the only player up front who has genuine and consistent quality and needless to say, he won’t kick a ball for the foreseeable future.
The others either blow hot and cold (Insigne) or have never reliably performed at international level.
FB’s are a bit average, otherwise they have the depth and quality in other areas of the park to come back stronger.
Chiesa is really the only player up front who has genuine and consistent quality and needless to say, he won’t kick a ball for the foreseeable future.
The others either blow hot and cold (Insigne) or have never reliably performed at international level.
FB’s are a bit average, otherwise they have the depth and quality in other areas of the park to come back stronger.
People believed we could win the Euros, which isn't such a daft thing to believe considering how close we came.
Generally speaking though, no. England's chances of winning things are more a sense of derision than optimism.
Surely greaseball is well over the top?
Cry much?
I’m not sure that there is much to understand here...it’s fairly simple...
England are nobody’s “neutral” team of choice internationally...no one. No one likes them. For whatever reason!
So even if that song didn’t exist- fans would find something else to take the piss out of...simply because...no one likes England! And it helps that England often have great players at their disposal but still fail to capitalise...it’s like when PSG lose...no one cares or feels bad for them.
I’m Irish so I know why we dont cheer them on in neutral games or at tournaments which we are inevitably not at! But why do other people hate the English football team so much- other non English posters- what irritates you most?
England are nobody’s “neutral” team of choice internationally...no one. No one likes them. For whatever reason!
So even if that song didn’t exist- fans would find something else to take the piss out of...simply because...no one likes England! And it helps that England often have great players at their disposal but still fail to capitalise...it’s like when PSG lose...no one cares or feels bad for them.
I’m Irish so I know why we dont cheer them on in neutral games or at tournaments which we are inevitably not at! But why do other people hate the English football team so much- other non English posters- what irritates you most?
Without wanting to rehash this, it’s hard to believe that so many United fans, who I’m going to assume aren’t English, are rilled by a song as dumb as “it’s coming home”
Do you know any United songs. At all. Because I don’t see any complaints about them being arrogant, so it’s fine as long as you support that team. Football fans sing arrogant songs, that’s what they do. Every single fan base. Half the actual song itself is about how shit we are anyway.
You can admit you dislike England and want them to lose, I don’t particularly like it here either, but don’t blame it on a song
Do you know any United songs. At all. Because I don’t see any complaints about them being arrogant, so it’s fine as long as you support that team. Football fans sing arrogant songs, that’s what they do. Every single fan base. Half the actual song itself is about how shit we are anyway.
You can admit you dislike England and want them to lose, I don’t particularly like it here either, but don’t blame it on a song
Love an upset but I was looking forward to that Portugal v Italy showdown.
As if people are still triggered by “it’s coming home” and still refuse to acknowledge it being a joke because we’re always shit and sing it despite knowing we’ll usually be out early in the knockouts
Moreover its a nothing world cup, even if England won this it would feel like a lesser victory.Its just banter right?
Still have the Euros so it wont bother them that much.
Still, it's funny to see Italy falter like this