Euro 2020 Final: It’s going Rome! England’s wait continues as Chiellini Italy win Euro 3-2 on penalties- England fans create chaos before losing on penalties: Giorgio Chiellini-led Italy has defeated Harry Kane’s England in Euro 2020 Final at Wembley Stadium. Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out a 1-1 extra-time draw at a raucous Wembley on Sunday.
The giant keeper saved from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after Marcus Rashford hit a post, as Federico Bernardeschi, Leonardo Bonucci, and Domenico Berardi all scored for the Italians.
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Luke Shaw had given England a dream start with a superb goal after two minutes but Italy, who offered almost nothing in response in the first half, gradually took command as the hosts sat back and leveled through Bonucci after 67 minutes.
It was the first final to be decided on penalties since Czechoslovakia beat West Germany in 1976 and will be wildly celebrated in Italy after they lost in the final in 2000 and 2012.
They made most of the running after halftime and in extra time and England can have few complaints after their early promise faded away.
However, before losing to Italy in the finals, this is how the England fans reacted:
And this was BEFORE they lost in penalties #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/pcq1PBJVzu
— Ben Damon (@ben_damon) July 11, 2021
England can have no complaints, having virtually invited their opponents on and offered almost nothing in attack, and they would have been somewhat relieved to go into extra time.
It was a similar story in the first additional 15 minutes, though England did briefly force their way back into the game in the second period, albeit without either side creating anything to reward the crowd for their waves of noise.
So it went to penalties, where England’s young guns failed and Italy took the glory.
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