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Italy emerging as serious Euro 2020 contenders after another impressive group-stage win

It's time to talk about Italy.

After beating Switzerland 3-0 in Rome on Wednesday night, Roberto Mancini's men are the first to book their place in the knockout rounds of Euro 2020 but they are already looking like a team who believe they can go an awful lot further than that. This may not be a group packed with the superstars boasted by major tournament squads of the past but they are, crucially, a team. And a confident, well-drilled one at that.

While lots of the money has gone on France, Belgium or England to lift the trophy at Wembley on July 11, Italy's odds are steadily shortening.