Euro 2020: Football’s ‘coming home’ – is that to England, Italy or … China?
- Three Lions fans expecting Euro 96 song to finally come true in first final in 55 years at Wembley on Sunday
- Fiorentina joke that Calcio Storico predates the modern game invented in England but Fifa see China’s cuju as oldest
The words, of course, come from the Euro 96 hit “Three Lions”, with the Baddiel & Skinner song captivating England during that run to the semi-final. Since then the words have been used at every tournament by England fans – more often in hope than expectation.
It has only got harder to avoid football’s potential homecoming since Gareth Southgate’s England team reached the final – the country’s first major final since the 1966 Fifa World Cup.
That World Cup win was when football “came home” the first time – England, the country that invented modern association football finally the world champions of the sport.
Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, whose father Peter was part of their 1992 European Championships winning side, challenged the English media when asked if football was coming home.
