Rome, 1 June 2022 – It’s all true. And pretending nothing is useless. There ‘Final’ Italy-Argentina – the marketing geniuses could have tried a little harder, of course – between the rulers of Europe and the South American neighbors it is much less final than we try to believe. Why the Inter bull Lautarothe man of Juventus greed, Of Mariaand the flea of the Magnificent Seven (Golden Balls) tonight they will put on their designer shoes and puff and run and – hopefully even less – they will release magic to prepare this strange and unprecedented World Winter.
We do not. We are at home and, ironically, we play the game tonight where we first beat and then sportily teased the hosts with that funny pun: da ‘It’s coming home’ referred to the Coppa and browned in British certainties a ‘It’s coming Rome’ cooked in the Italian style by Leo, Chiello, Gigio and all the others. There, a Wembley, we enjoyed in a way that hadn’t happened in a while. There at Wembley, we will try to make sense of the present and the near future of this team that, with the Mancio in the saddle, we have learned to love like few other times in Italian history. Here, let’s make sure that it is a fair tribute, that those 10 thousand Italians expected in the stands are ambassadors of a common feeling, of joy and gratitude. Because tonight we celebrate the European Championship won at the top.
About Chiello. British grass will be staged the last kiss of a real symbol of the national team. It will be exciting, beautiful and ugly at the same time. Certainly poignant. And that kiss will be the curtain of an era that will close very soon for many blues. He and close around Immobile, Florenzi, Sour, Insigne, Belotti, Bernardeschiwith the defense, the attack and the midfield line will have to transform into the MancioLab to defend the title of reigning champion at the next European Championship.
But now there is Leo (Bonucci) meeting a Leo more Leo than him (Messi). There is Spinazzola who returns after the serious injury in what remains of ‘his’ European championship. And there are all the other Wembley Invincibles. Let’s enjoy them, even if the missed World Cup is a dart in the heart that doesn’t stop hurting. Let’s enjoy them and embrace them for one simple reason: they deserved it.