Sales of Italian flags and shirts are soaring in Scotland ahead of the Euro 2020 final tonight - amid tongue-in-cheek calls for a bank holiday if England lose the match and complaints of coverage of the tournament through an 'English lens'.
While chants of 'It's Coming Home' have returned in full fervour to the streets in hopes of a long-awaited big win, there is somewhat less excitement north of the border.
Millions of England fans will be wearing red and white shirts in living rooms and pubs across the country, with 60,000 supporters set to cheer on Gareth Southgate's men at Wembley Stadium.
The Queen, Prince William and Boris Johnson have all praised the Three Lions ahead of the side's first major final since the 1966 World Cup final tonight.
But The Scotsman reports that sales for Italian shirts and flags have soared in Scotland ahead of tonight's finale, claiming it is related somewhat to Scotland's 'deep and rich history with Italy', and not simply 'clear Scottish distaste of It's Coming Home'.
The Brazen Head pub in Glasgow has been decked out in Italian flags ahead of the nation's Euros final showdown with England
The Brazen Head, on the city's Catchcart Road, has left passersby in no doubt of where their allegiances lie with huge Italian standards across the pub and even on a lamppost
A poll from the UEFA EURO 2020 Twitter page asked social media users who they want to win the game. Just 41.2 per cent voted for England, with the remaining 58.8 per cent voting for Italy
It adds that the popular Glasgow Italian restaurant Eusebi Deli, established in 1954, is fully booked, offering pasta in the colours of the flag of Italy - within an atmosphere of tricolore bunting.
'It's more about Scotland's support of Italy than Scotland being against England,' assistant manager Ryan Simmons said.
One pub in Glasgow, The Brazen Head, was pictured with Italian flags waving outside ahead of the game.
The National reported that the BBC is being urged to stop covering football tournaments through an 'entirely English lens'.
SNP MP Gavin Newlands said other parts of the UK have to endure coverage which is of 'no relevance or interest to them'.
For their July 10 front page, The National had run a story titled: 'Save us Roberto, you're our Final Hope (We can't take another 55 years of them banging on about this).'
It featured a picture of Roberto Mancini, the Italian team manager, donning blue face paint similar to that worn by Scottish hero William Wallace, as portrayed by Mel Gibson in the film Braveheart.
Kate Hoey, Baroness of Lylehill and Rathlin, this morning tweeted: 'If England become European champions tonight it will be a win for the whole of the United Kingdom,Wales,Northern Ireland and Scotland. We are all British and will celebrate'
A poll from the UEFA EURO 2020 Twitter page asked social media users who they want
