Unit-3 Sports Euro 2020 Questions & Answers

Unit-3

Sports

Euro 2020

Answer the following questions

a) Why does the reporter say that England is waiting to heal its half-century long pain?

- The last time England had ever won a Euro World Cup match was in 1966. Here, pain means the painful feeling caused because of losing many matches. That’s why the reporter says that England is waiting to heal its half-century long pain.

b) How did the Italian Players react as soon as they became the champions?

-The Italian Players started to tease to the team of England. Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci shouted into a TV camera amid the celebrations, mocking the famous lyric “it’s coming home” from the England team’s anthem “it’s coming to Rome”, which was the capital of Italy. It was actually a mock of the anthem of the England football team which meant football coming home.

c) Why did Saka and Sancho cry?

-Saka and Sancho cried because their team lost on penalties. Saka was the youngest player of England and he missed the penalty which was saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma, the goal keeper of Italy. He cried due to disappointment for missing his penalty. Sancho, was a penalty specialist, however he was brought late into game, therefore he also missed his spot kicks during the shootout. In short, their failure attempts helped the Italy team to win.

d) Penalty shoot-out has long been a bitter experience for the English team. Why?

-It’s true that penalty shoot-out has long been a bitter experience for the English team because in the semi-finals or the finals or even in any important match, England has not been able to prove himself in the penalty shootout. England has lost the matches frequently due to the miss in penalty shootout, that’s why penalty shootout has been a bitter experience for the English team. In Euro 2020, Bukayo Saka, England’s youngest player, missed the penalty that handed Italy championship and denied England its first international victory since 1966 in Euro cup 2020.

e) State the contribution of Roberto Mancini to the Italian football.

-As a player, Roberto Mancini operated as a deep-lying forward, and was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 matches, and helped the team to win the series. A league title, four Coppa Italia titles, and the European Cup winner’s cup. Roberto Mancini led the Italian national football team to unparalleled success. He was the thriving force behind the Italian team’s rise from the depths of despair to the pinnacle of the sport. He has turned Italy into a professional football team that still adheres to the country’s traditional defences principles by using Italian players from the start, encouraging confidence in the national squad, and enduring a cultural reset.
Only some years ago, Italy’s football history was shattered as it failed to qualify for the world cup for the first time in 60 years. Now, they are the greatest team in Europe, and Roberto Mancini has led them to a 34-game winning streak, a national record. To win Euro cup 2020, Mancini instils tremendous confidence in the Italian football squad. At these Euros, 25 of the 26 men team have played on the field at any point.

f) How does the Euro Cup Final 2020 remind the audiences of the 2018 world Cup Semi-finals? How?

-When Italian players face English players in the Euro Cup final 2020, they use the same strategy that English players used when they faced Croatians in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals. In the World Cup semi-finals, England scored early against Croatia and then spent the rest of the game chasing its opponent’s midfield until extra time due to a recent Croatian goal. So, the Euro 2020 match also reminds the audiences of the 2018 World Cup semi-finals.