Italy has ascended the European football throne. Roberto Mancini’s team shot a dramatic European Championship final against England in London and won on penalties.
Italy has become European champions in football for the second time in its history. Coach Roberto Mancini’s team prevailed 4: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1) on penalties against England at Wembley Stadium in London.
In the case of the English, three shooters fired. Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka all awarded three of the point. The latter missed the decisive one. In Italy, too, two shooters failed with Belotti and Jorginho.
England coach Gareth Southgate only came on for the penalty shoot-out a few seconds before stoppage time ran out, Sancho and Rashford. But Saka hadn’t played from the start either.
European Championship final: 1: 1 after 120 minutes
In regular time, Luke Shaw England had already shot in the front in the second minute. This lead lasted well into the second half, before Leonardo Bonucci (67th minute) scored the relieving equalizer with a poke goal after a corner and the game was open again. With 1: 1 it went into overtime, in which no further hit was made.
It is only the second European title for the Squadra Azzurra after 1968. At that time, it was also 1-1 in the final against Yugoslavia after 120 minutes. The penalty shoot-out wasn’t introduced until two years later. At that time, the winner was still sought in a replay game. Italy won it 2-0 and secured their first and so far only European title.
The Italians are much more successful at world championships. There you have already been able to raise the pot four times, most recently in 2006. At that time, Fabio Cannavaro’s team won the final against Zinedine Zidane’s France. To this day, the game is known for the headbutt of the same one against Italy’s Marco Materazzi.
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