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Hello and welcome to the Football for Kids podcast with me, Darren Reese.

This is the podcast where you will hear stories, facts, and lots of other things from the world of football.

On this episode, we're going to be talking about the finelissimo.

This is the match which is played between the winner of the Euros

and the winner of the South American tournament, Copa, America.

Italy, of course, won the 2020 Euros.

Any England fans listening will remember that day well.

Italy beat us on penalties at Wembley and it was heartache for England fans listening will remember that day well. Italy beat us on penalties at Wembley

and it was heartache for England fans. But did you know that Italy recently went

37 games without being beaten and won the Euros whilst doing it? However, did you know that

Italy will not be in the 2022 World Cup at the end of this year?

They lost 1-0 in the playoff semi-finals to North Macedonia. North Macedonia are ranked

62nd in the world by FIFA. What an amazing achievement for them to be Italy away from home.

So then, the finalissimo was between Italy and Argentina. Argentina won the 2021 Copa America.

They've won that tournament 15 times now and a joint first with Uruguay.

If you didn't know, the Coppa America is similar to the Euros, but it's where the countries

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