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10

Jul 2021

Sport
Sport

Italian Harrogate restaurateur backs his country to win

Published: 10 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST

by Tamsin O'Brien

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Not everyone will be cheering on England on Sunday -- the manager and staff at Italian restaurant Al Bivio in Harrogate are hopeful the Azzurri will be champions.

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The owner of an Italian restaurant in Harrogate is backing his national team to win the 2020 European Championship against England.

The owner of Al Bivio, Daniele Bojo, said his employees are also excited . He said:

"It (Euro 2020) makes people who are not usually interested in football more interested.”


Italy's football team didn't qualify for the World Cup in 2018 but have played spectacularly and mad their way to the final match.

Daniele described his country's achievement as "amazing":

"I thought England would be doing all right as they did all right with the World Cup, whereas Italy didn’t even qualify! But the fact they went to the final straight after a competition where they didn’t even qualify is amazing.”





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In the Uefa Euro 2020 qualifying tournament the Italian team won every match and scored 100%, the last time this was achieved was by England back in 2016.

Daniele said that Italy's accomplishments have inspired national pride but it won't stop him from getting an early night:

“Being Italian, you obviously want your team to win, you know? I just hope it doesn’t go to extra time and penalties because I don’t want to be too late to bed.
"As long as it’s a good match and there’s no bad playing on either side, let the best team win."


Daniele's score prediction:  2-1 to Italy .....the winning goal sealed by the FC Torino Captain, Andrea Belotti... oh dear.  Most of us will hope Daniele is wrong.