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Italy, champion of the European Championship! Crowned at Wembley on penalties

2021-07-11T23:12:08.650Z


The Italian team came from below after losing 1-0 in the European Championship. The game was defined on penalties.


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(CNN) -

Italy was crowned this Sunday at Euro 2020 after the penalty shootout against England.

This is the second time the Italians have taken home the top national team tournament in Europe and the first time in 15 years that they have won a senior team tournament.

Luke Shaw's goal in the first two minutes of the final gave England an advantage that it looked like they were going to hold all night, before a series of rebounds midway through the second half allowed Leonardo Bonucci to score the equalizer for Italy. .

For the remainder of the match it seemed that extra time and penalties were unavoidable, as neither team seemed willing or daring enough to engage enough players up front to put opposing defenders in trouble.

England have suffered countless disappointments on penalties over the years, and this time it was Italy's turn to inflict even more pain on English fans after Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka missed from the penalty spot.

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Regular time in the final of the Eurocup

The first goal of the game fell from the start of the game thanks to a shot inside the box by English defender Luke Shaw, who plays for Manchester United.

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At minute 2 of the final, English right-back Kieran Trippier went on the offensive to send a cross from the edge of the large area to the other end for Shaw, his teammate on the left-back.

The United player just let her vote a few inches shortly before the small area.

Immediately, he hit him with the instep of his left leg to burst the arc of the Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Shaw yells his goal at minute 2 of the Euro Cup final.

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At times, the game tightened in the midfield.

However, Italy, both late in the first half and in the first 20 minutes of the second, pushed and had at least three chances, all led by Juventus player Federico Chiesa.

At minute 65, Chiesa's third opportunity was a cross into the box that England sent from a corner kick.

And it was from the corner that, after a series of rebounds, Italian central Leonardo Bonucci sent to save the 1-1 on the scoreboard at minute 67.

Bonucci celebration after scoring 1-1.

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After the tying goal, the match did not have much emotion, except for two almost consecutive moments: change at minute 85 due to injury to Chiesa, who was one of the best in the match;

and the intrusion at minute 87 of a fan to the field of Wembley.

Extra time and penalties

The first chance of danger came in the 95th minute. Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson sent a pass down the wing to Manchester City player Raheem Sterling, who was unable to send the cross to Harry Kane as he entered the area.

Italy had two subsequent approaches, including one in which goalkeeper Jordan Pickford held back to save the English squad.

The second overtime began with a yellow card for Harry Maguire for a foul outside the area.

The free throw was contained by Pickford once more.

A couple of minutes later, a cross arrived in the Italy area, but Donnarumma came out correctly to serve with fists.

In the 112th minute, Jorginho was awarded a yellow card for a hard tackle off Jack Grealish.

The game did not give for more and the phase of penalties was reached.

Already from 11 steps, Italy became champion of the European Championship for the second time in its history.

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Source: cnnespanol

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