article_snippet: ’s seven-game winning streak does not include Italy.
article_snippet: EnglandEngland’s seven wins, as welcome as they may be, are against the also-rans of European football.
article_snippet: England’s poorest World Cup finals performance in recent memory and what we do know is that when a group of players that are the scourge of the Baltic nations plus an odd mountain range or two came up against Italy in Manaus last June, a group of players that are the scourge of the Baltic nations plus an odd mountain range or two did not have the wit to win.
article_snippet: Italy and England may be depleted in Turin, but certain standards remain.
article_snippet: Harry Kane didn’t have ones who could muscle past Italy or Uruguay once there.
article_snippet: Having qualified, England failed to attain the necessary level when competing in the finals.
article_snippet: Extra is needed in France in 2016, however, if England are to be more than just present.
highlights_snippet: England's recent winning streak has come against Europe's also-rans .
  