It's not coming home, Italy beats England 3-2 on penalty shootout

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England's wait for Eurocup to come home continues as the country lost to Italy in a Penalty shootout by 4-2.

England had hoped to win their first international trophy win since the 1962 football World Cup as the Euro finals were happening at the Wembly Stadium in London.

However, England's hopes were shattered after Italy's Donnarumma made big saves to push England on the back foot.

The game in the first ninety-minute was tied 1-1 after England made an early lead in the second minute.

England's Luke Shaw scored his first international goal to keep England ahead in the crucial final. 

Despite a tough battle and created chances from both sides, none of the teams were able to score until the sixty-seventh minute when Bonucci equalized.

Bonucci's sweet poke past the keeper made the scoreline 1-1 and pushed it to extra time, which went scoreless.

Italy Dominated the play as they kept more than 66% of the time on their feet. Against England's six shots Italy had 19 shots of which 6 were on target. The English side, on the other hand, had just two of them on target.

Italy also dominated the cards chart with 5 yellow cards for 21 fouls compared to England's only card for 13 fouls.

Chiellini's side is the second Italian side to win the Euros and the first since 1968.

This is also the sixth major International title win for Italy (World Cup and Euros).
 

 

Publish : 2021-07-12 08:34:00

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