Roma just said goodbye to the Italian team, who lived in the Olympic three 'notti magiche' against Turkey, Switzerland and Wales. The Italian capital has a quarter-final left in which the azzurri will not participate, but the prime minister Mario Draghi dropped a proposal for more matches to arrive in the Italian capital after having been the venue for the inaugural meeting. “We work so that the final four is played in Rome“, he said at a press conference. According to 'La Repubblica', the key would be extend the capacity of the Olímpico to 50%, thus opening its doors to 32,000 people. Draghi affirmed that he will “work so that the Eurocopa finals are not played in a country where infections are increasing rapidly”, although UEFA's position can be summed up with this phrase: “we will never leave London”.
The Delta variant, however, the outlook has changed compared to a month ago: yesterday in the UK 9284 cases of covid were registered and travel restrictions increase. The relationship between Ceferin and Boris Johnson, whose threats to the clubs were decisive in stopping the Super League, suggests that, in the end, Euro 2020 will bring the climax to London, but with this pandemic ruling out changes of plans is impossible. Italy, anyway, is ready: yesterday only registered 881 infections and today almost the entire country said goodbye to curfew. The hope of the Italian Government is that yesterday's ‘goodbye’ will turn into an ‘arrivederci’.