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Euro Cup 2020: Italy vs England, Italy Beat England on Penalties

An early goal and a dramatic finish deliver a championship for Italy, and leave England to wonder, again, how it went wrong.

Euro Cup 2020: Italy vs England, Italy Beat England on Penalties

Italy continued their 34-match winning streak as it defeated England in the final of Uefa European Championship (Euro 2020) that went into a penalty shootout after a 1-1 scoreline after extra time at the Wembley Stadium in London on Monday. 

Italy XI: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Emerson; Jorginho, Barella, Veratti; Chiesa, Insigne, Immobile.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire; Trippier, Rice, Phillips, Shaw; Mount, Sterling; Kane.

Euro Cup Match Highlights

  • The match finished 1-1 after extra time at Wembley Stadium, which was filled mostly with English fans hoping to celebrate the team's first international trophy since the 1966 World Cup.
  • Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italy's imposing goalkeeper, dived to his left and saved the decisive spot kick by 19-year-old Londoner Bukayo Saka, one of the youngest players in England's squad.
  • It was England's third straight failure from the penalty spot in the shootout, with Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho -- players brought on late in extra time seemingly as specialist penalty-takers -- also missing.
  • As Saka and Sancho cried, Donnarumma was mobbed by his teammates as they sprinted toward him from the halfway line after the second penalty shootout in a European Championship final.
  • 106th minute: England's Maguire gets yellow card for a foul on Italy's Belotti.
  • 67th minute: Leonardo Bonucci scores the equaliser for Italy.
  • 55th minute: Italy's Bonucci gets a yellow card for a foul on England's Sterling.
  • 15th minute: Something is definitely wrong on the left side of Italian defence, where England's players are frequently finding plenty of room to attack.
  • 2nd minute: Shaw gives England an early lead in grande finale. 

Gianluigi Donnarumma after saving England’s 5th penalty and winning Italy the Euros.   

Penalty shootout

Team 1st penalty 2nd penalty 3rd penalty 4th penalty 5th penalty
Italy Scored (1-0) Failed (1-1) Bunocci scored (2-2) Scored (3-2) FAILED (3-2)
England Kane scores (1-1) Maguire scored (1-2) Rashford failed (2-2) Failed (3-2) FAILED (3-2)

‘It’s coming to Rome!’

Leonardo Bonucci, who scored Italy’s tying goal and then converted his penalty kick in the shootout, got the last word on the “It’s coming home” set.

The title is Italy’s second in the Euros; the first came in 1968. Italy has won the World Cup twice, in fact, since it lifted the European Championship trophy.

Italy vs England head-to-head (after Euro 2020 final)

Both teams have fought against each other for a total of 28 times. Italy came out on top in 11 of those while England managed 8 wins. However, where it matters the most, England could win just one out of 8 competitive matches against Italy. The three lions haven’t won a match since their win against the Azzurri in a World Cup qualifying match in 1978.