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Italy the name of Euro 2020 champions as England suffer penalty heartbreak
  Date : 27-04-2024

MM Rahmatullah: Gianluji Donnarumma was walking impassively even after stopping the whole Wembley! England surprised him in the beginning. The team that has never played a final before in the history of the Euro scored the fastest goal in the history of the final. Luke Shaw scored the goal by fooling Donnarumma in just two minutes. In the first half, England took advantage of Italy`s incessant play to take a break from the lead with the encouragement of Wembley`s overflowing crowd.

Everything has changed since the break. Italy has returned to their rhythm, the edge of attack has also increased. And that loan brought them equality in 22 minutes. Italy played the rest of the second half as the best team. But the match was not resolved in the 90th minute.
It didn`t end in 30 minutes of extra time. The two teams had to go to the tiebreaker. And there fate turned its back on Italy. The Azzurri won the Euros by beating England 3-2 thanks to Donnarumma`s great two hands.
England was dreaming of bringing football home. Meanwhile, Italy wants to give place to the euro in Rome by shattering his dream. Gianluigi Donnarumma`s great performance in the penalty shootout gave Italy a taste of the Euros after 53 years. England, who scored from the first two shots, failed in the next three shots.

One team has never played in a Euro final. Another team tasted winning this trophy 53 years ago. The Euro final between England and Italy will therefore taste something new, it was sure. That`s the surprise!

England went on every attack in the second minute of the match. Innocent he scored from the attack! Kieran Tripier`s cross from the right side of the box was a powerful shot by another fullback Luke Shar. He hit the post and went into the net. Goal in the second minute!

Italy took time to wake up after the fastest goal in the history of the Euro final. But their game didn’t get that Italian taste of the whole tournament. At the end of the first half, England was leading 1-0.
The first question that arose after watching the game in the first half - which Italy? Italy impressed with offensive and passing football throughout the tournament. That team played passing football in the first half today but it did not have the edge to attack. Pass was being given from the bottom to the middle. There, one by one, the ball was going from one end to the other. Turn back from left to right. From right to left.

But the main work was not happening. Italy was not going to enter the D-box with the ball. The few long-range shots that may have been taken may have worked in rugby, but they are worthless in football.

England, meanwhile, want their pace at work. A striker like Harry Kane has to keep a close eye. And Giorgio Chiellini took the responsibility to do that. But as Kane repeatedly came down to midfield, Kiellini`s position was deteriorating and Tripper was taking the opportunity to take the right wing. In such an attack, the right back of England was able to send a cross towards the arrow effortlessly at the beginning of the match.
In the 55th minute, Manchini had to change. Chiro Immobile, another name for inertia in the match, was picked up. Named Domenico Berardi. Nicolo Barrela was replaced by Brian Cristante.

He also came back to life in the Italian game. Italy could have returned to the match if Kaiser`s shot in the 62nd minute had not been blocked by Picoford. However, Juventus winger was involved in all the good attacks of Italy in the match. He is also credited with restoring equality in Italy.

Kiyesa made a great cross in the 66th minute. Although he could not find any Italian player, the English defender did not take any risk, he sent him out with a header. Lorenzo Insignia took the corner from there. The ball reached Marco Verratti through Tripper`s shoulder. Veratti`s head seemed to go into the net. But Pickford`s great save didn`t let that happen, but the return ball went a few feet in front of the goal. Leonardo Bonucci made no mistake. 1-1!

Italy also saw the oldest goal in the final on the day of the fastest final goal. No one has scored in a Euro final before Bonucci, 34.

It was no surprise that Italy scored twice more in the next 10 minutes. Henderson was picked up by English coach Southgate to pick up Declan Rice to regain possession in midfield. But Italy was ahead for the rest of the second half. But the goal was not scored by Italy. Meanwhile, England, who were waiting for a chance to counter-attack, could not get the match out. The scheduled 90 minutes therefore ended in a 1-1 draw.
In extra time the two teams made multiple changes. But no one`s fortunes changed in the first half. England`s attacking edge increased after Grillish landed but no one was able to keep the ball on target. Meanwhile, Italy`s attacks were not frozen as Kiyesa was injured and left.

The match ended in a tiebreaker. Pickford blocked Italy`s second shot there. The English keeper understood Bellotti`s shot. And England`s wrong third shot. Marcus Rasford, who was sent down to take the penalty, put the ball in the post. Jadon Sancho`s shot for the same purpose did not help. Donnarumma stopped it. Italy was leading 3-2 after 4 shots. Italy won the goal in the fifth shot.

Georgini, who is famous for taking penalties, put the shot in the post! However, the Chelsea midfielder brought victory to the team in such a situation in the semi-final. Bukayo Saka came to take the last shot for England. Donnaruma became the hero again. Sakar jumped to the left and blocked the shot. The fact that Italy won the Euros, however, was not clear from Donnarumma`s reaction.

Roberto Mancini`s excitement at the dug-out confirmed that the team that failed to qualify for the World Cup three years ago is the best in the Euros now!



  
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