The country that created football was never able to become European champion. Find out their best and worst statistics within the Euro Cup.
It is already being disputed Euro 2024 in Germany. Some of the best teams in the world face each other in an electrifying tournament with high-flying football. The cup that began to be played in 1960 has 10 continental champions, among which are some expected countries with a soccer tradition such as Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal. And others not so expected like Greece, Russia (USSR at the time), Denmark and the Czech Republic.
The Euro Cup for England has been elusive since the beginning of the competition. If you don’t believe it, the country that invented the sport and with one of the best leagues in the world could never win a European title. England’s best performances in the European Championship came in 1968 in Italy, and in 1996, when they hosted. On both occasions, the English team only reached the semi-finalsfinishing in third place in both editions.
England’s Euro Cup journey was full of disappointments. In the 15 editions before 2021, the team failed to qualify on five occasions (1964, 1972, 1976, 1984 and 2008) and did not participate in one (1960). In addition, they were eliminated in the group stage on four occasions (1980, 1988, 1992 and 2000).
However, the best performance was in 2021 as England played their first final as hosts at Wembley against Italy, but…
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England team: the final lost at Wembley in 2021
The English team had its great opportunity in the 2021 edition, where he became local again. Coach Gareth Southgate’s team reached a final after winning their group with 7 points (Croatia, Scotland and Czech Republic) and after beating Germany, Ukraine and Denmark in the qualifying rounds.
On June 11, 2021, in a Wembley stadium packed with English people hoping to see their team break the streak, the local team faced the four-time world champion, Italy.
After 120 minutes of fightingthe teams tied 1-1 and decided the cup on penalties. The Azzurri managed to win 3-2 against the locals and lifted the Euro Cup trophy for the second time, thus postponing England’s negative streak.
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