David Shonfield: How Italy lurched from humiliation to ecstasy at The Legendary Wembley

HOME IN ROME: Italy players parade with the Euro 2020 trophy on a double decker bus through the streets of Rome after their victory over England in Wembley. Italy recovered from a football slump a few years ago and Gerry Cox believes England can do the same in the World Cup. Picture: Vincenzo Pinto

Every football nation goes through its nights of ecstasy and nights where it plumbs the depths.

For Italy, those depths were reached on a bitter November evening in Milan just four years ago when the Azzurri failed to qualify for the World Cup finals for only the second time.