One cannot run a football club or national team like a business or country. Ask Peter Lim and Venky's, poultry businessmen and owners of Blackburn Rovers F.C.
You look at the England squad. The players are all overpaid, under performing millionaires, a stark contrast to their opponents. Which side is hungrier?
Antonio Conte selects his 22 man squad base on form unlike Hogson who goes with favoritism. Indeed Italy squad is underwhelming with some of my favorite players missing, including from Juventus. Italy don't have a Pippo Inzaghi or Roberto Baggio or Andrea Pirlo but they a collective team spirit and the solid back four from Juventus and 3-5-2 formation.