I'll say this off the bat, I'm not in a position to offer much or any insight when it comes to "the football". But I'm always here for a good Twitter trend, whatever the origins of it are.
For the past few days Irish Twitter has been alive with the sound of allegiance to Italy, and here are some of our favourite gems.
https://twitter.com/AndreaCleary_/status/1412899244730683395?s=20
https://twitter.com/EoinKeane101/status/1412689709848010752?s=20
https://twitter.com/brilliantshane/status/1412896898030219269?s=20
https://twitter.com/amyohconnor/status/1413475803094913036?s=20
https://twitter.com/iresimpsonsfans/status/1413230902906343425?s=20
https://twitter.com/BigDirtyFry/status/1413270997734764549?s=20
https://twitter.com/imgrandsure/status/1412528711086317572?s=20
https://twitter.com/martycarlin_/status/1412891437503549443?s=20
https://twitter.com/roisinmckeon/status/1413120450939572227?s=20
https://twitter.com/gadgetatc/status/1412889332864724997?s=20
https://twitter.com/cocuinn/status/1412890807699480576?s=20
https://twitter.com/liamdunne__/status/1413446228034035714?s=20
I should probably end here with some sort of reference to the actual match itself but I'm sorry, these memes are all I have. That and a plan to mute the words "coming" and "home" for at least the rest of the week. Until then, get me some mozzarell' and call me Carmela Soprano, I'm as Italian as they come.
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