Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
The fact is the best teams don't always win the World Cup or the Euros .

Something I learned many years ago when that fantastic Brazil side at the 82 World Cup went home before the semi final .

The two Brazil sides that have won the World Cup since in 94 and 2002 weren't even close to that 82 side in my opinion .

Italy had their name on the Euros last summer and unfortunately there's nowt you can do about that other than hope our names on something very soon .
Think tha doing Italy an injustice in all honesty Animal. They struggled against Spain but so would anybody that particular night cos the Spaniards were excellent. To be fair they beat Belgium quite well and breezed through their group. Deserved winners imo. England had an easier path to the final, home advantage and despite our great start against Italy, Southgate tried shutting up shop and it cost us. Technically Italy were superior and passed us to death in that final. Yes it hurt but no complaints from me.