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Amy Ridout17:48, Jul 12 2021
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The Euro loss meant the day started badly for some England supporters.
The faces told the story as English and Italian football fans took in the pulsating Euros final in Nelson. In the end it was the Italians watching at Club Italia who had the big smiles and fist pumps as their national team edged a 3-2 penalty shoot-out to win the European Football Championship. The colourful crowd was jubilant, wrapping themselves in the il Tricolore flag as cries of Forza Azurri rang out. In contrast English fans at the Vic Brew Bar slumped in their seats as the weight of 55 years without a major football trophy took its toll.
The Italian community of Bedford has taken root in their country to beat England in today’s Euro Wembley match.
If it weren’t for the gray skies and the threat of rain while drinking espressos and talking football outside La Piazza Caffe, Luciano Lambiase and his friends could be in Naples or Rome.
A retired factory engineer, 66, and his childhood friends, Pasquale Spadaccino and Franco Bulzis, both 73, are discussing the 2020 European final in English in southern Bedford, home to one of the largest Italian communities in the country.
“He’s coming home to Rome,” Lambias said, announcing that his team would beat England in Sunday’s Wembley final.