England lost the ball before they lost the final

England’s lack of conviction to break Italy’s press turned the ball over too easily and left them chasing their opponents for most of the game at Wembley

Slowly, though, the energy of that early goal wore off. A telling passage came in the 25th minute: England battled to win the ball and secure it at the back, but no one seemed to want it. Rice passed to Shaw, who went backwards to Maguire, who was forced back to Pickford, who opted not to pick out a teammate but to slam the ball upfield. Without doing much at all, Italy had it back.

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