Outside of the first 20 minutes or so Italy was by far the better team and really in a lot of ways England were lucky it even got to PKs
xG in the 90 minutes were Italy 2.05 - England 0.49.
Full marks to Italy.
It’s unfortunate for England because I think they have a great roster. Grealish was terrifying in extra time when he came on. England really should have given Rashford and Sancho a run at the tired Italian center backs. Played for penalties instead.
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