JAKARTA - Italy successfully brought home the Henri Delauney trophy after beating England in a 3-2 (1-1) penalty shootout at Wembley Stadium, Monday, July 12 in the morning.
Italy, trailed by Luke Shaw's record-breaking goal, finally reaped the rewards of their hard work when Leonardo Bonucci equalized in the 67th minute from a corner.
With the score tied in normal time, this is the seventh Euro final to go into extra time after 1960, 1968, 1976, 1996, 2000, and 2016.
The statistics on UEFA's official website noted, as reported by Antara, that Italy dominated at least 63 percent of possession throughout normal time, but their finishing touch-up front was not efficient enough to win at the second-half whistle.
Italy also excelled aggressively with 15 attempted shots, four of which forced goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to save.
🇮🇹 Donnarumma = national hero!#EURO2020 https://t.co/a2e0vBWkPz pic.twitter.com/gG0WJyf5qc
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) July 11, 2021
On the other hand, the hosts, apart from Shaw's quick goal, had a relatively difficult time creating dangerous attacks and only had four attempted shots in normal time.
Shaw put England ahead with his goal in the first minute and 57 seconds, which broke the record for fastest goals in a Euro final, using Kieran Trippier's cross to beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Since then, however, England has been under more pressure from Italy who unfortunately failed to equalize until half-time after Ciro Immobile's good chance was blocked by John Stones and Marco Verratti's long-range strike was easily tamed by Pickford.
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The Wembley crowd screamed for a penalty kick as Raheem Sterling fell in front of the Italian goal, under pressure from Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, but referee Bjorn Kuipers ignored him.
Since Roberto Mancini brought on Domenico Berardi and Bryan Cristante, making Federico Chiesa move down the left-wing, Italy's game looked even more dangerous.
Until finally in the 67th minute, the chaos in front of England's goal resulted from a corner kick situation was successfully ended by Bonucci to bring Italy equalized.
🇮🇹 Scenes as Italy become EURO 2020 winners! 🥳#EURO2020 | #ITA pic.twitter.com/9lcOqsP7r7
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) July 11, 2021
Gareth Southgate removed the back three scheme and introduced Bukayo Saka to replace Trippier and removed Declan Rice to be replaced by Jordan Henderson who is now in charge of coating England's full-backs.
England had a chance when Saka came close on the counter-attack, but the Arsenal talent was pulled down by Chiellini near the halfway line for the Italy captain to be shown a yellow card.
The incident closed six minutes of injury time which ended the second half still with a 1-1 draw.
In 2x15 minutes of extra time the score did not move, the winner was determined by a penalty shootout.
When Bukayo Saka's penalty execution as England's fifth executioner was countered by Donnarumma, Italy locked their second Euro title after 1968. England also failed to win their first Euro trophy in their inaugural final appearance in the tournament.
Gli Azzurri succeeded in realizing the slogan against Harry Kane et al: Football is coming (to) Rome!
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