British High Commissioner to India Seeks Support of Indian Football Fans ahead of Euro Cup 2020 Final

British football fans cannot contain their excitement ahead of the Euro Cup 2020 final which will be played between England and Italy on July 12. And it seems, British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis is urging Indian football fans to join forces in cheering for his home country. Tomorrow night is a very, very big night for Eng football fans ; the first time in 55 years that England, or any nation of the UK, is in the final of a major football tournament.— Alex Ellis July 10, 2021 Sharing another piece of information about how much gravity the match holds, Ellis wrote that the England football team”has been a source of deep suffering to its fans” because they hold two contradictory beliefs; that “England always loses and that it has a manifest duty to triumph.” The England football team has been a source of deep suffering to its fans because we hold, as @KuperSimon wrote, two contradictory beliefs; that England always loses and that it has a manifest duty to triumph.— Alex Ellis July 10, 2021 As he shared the information, the former deputy national security adviser in the UK cabinet asked Indian sports fans if there is an Indian equivalent of a team which has rarely failed to disappoint. Whatever the result, I have loved watching them in Euro2020 & wish them and their opponents Italy good luck tomorrow night.— Alex Ellis July 10, 2021 Enthused by Ellis’ tweet, several Indian football fans expressed their support for the team.