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Overseas based Town fans 12:14 - Jul 6 with 589 views

Just wanted to asked the overseas based Town fans out there what the media in other countries feel about both England’s performances in the Euros as well about our chances about actually winning it?

Read some comments in media in this country regarding our ‘easy route’ to the semis and just wondering if other countries think the same?

Ta.

Overseas based Town fans on 12:29 - Jul 6 with 530 views

BarcaBlue

The Spanish media have always had high respect for English football and the national team. A lot of that was misplaced times, particularly focusing on individuals rather than the team and their set up.

I haven't seen any mention of an easy route to where we are now but there is gushing praise of how England have grown and progressed. There's also a tinge of healthy jealousy in the strength in depth we possess.

Overseas based Town fans on 13:03 - Jul 6 with 438 views

Illinoisblue

“There’s a soccerball tournament on?”

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Overseas based Town fans on 13:07 - Jul 6 with 429 views

unstableblue

Overseas based Town fans on 12:29 - Jul 6 by BarcaBlue

Are they feeling like the underdogs tonight??

I can only see an Italian victory

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Overseas based Town fans on 13:20 - Jul 6 with 396 views

IPS_wich

A reasonable amount of coverage in Australia for both the Euros and Copa America. Probably more coverage of England and Italy than others due to the size of the ex-pat populations from both countries (there would be lots of coverage for Greece as well if they had qualified). No real comments about ease of the draw, but I think in part that's because the largest coverage was the for the defeat of Germany and probably not that much nuance that the German team are pretty average (so it was reported as a big deal).

The main thing that stood out is how quick some of the press here is to criticise the state of the game. Several references to England boring the opposition into submission. My favourite was the headline when Italy won at the weekend - on the ABC website (think BBC as a reasonable comparison) "Italian player's miraculous recovery from devastating injury after team scores the winning goal" - with as much coverage of Immobile's sudden recovery from rolling on the ground when Italy scored as there was about the game itself.

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