English drama at Wembley: Italy on penalties wins Euro 2020

The match began unexpectedly for everyone. Already in the 2nd minute, Kane filed forty meters to the right edge of the Italians' penalty area, and Trippier sent him to the left flank to Luke Shaw who came running, who hit the post with one touch. Further - a rebound inside the gate. Thus, Shaw became the author of the fastest goal in the final in the history of the European Championships. He distinguished himself at the time mark of 1 minute and 57 seconds. Which in itself speaks of the lack of mood for the game on the part of the Italians - their defenders did not even try to interfere with the British.

However, during the entire first half, it seemed that the entire “Scuadra Azzurra” had no plan of how to overcome the defensive orders of the opponent, avoid aggressive pressure and create scoring situations. With 68 to 32 percent meat, the Italians were able to hit the goal for the first time only in the 2nd minute of added time, and even then the ball went straight into the hands of the goalkeeper. In turn, the England national team, having scored a goal, played as carefully as possible and, even approaching the penalty area after the Italians' losses in center field, gave the ball back. Such over-vigilance even led to the whistle of the stands, expecting a more attacking game from the hosts.

However, the final is the final, and here only the result of the match is important, and not all sorts of risky "prettiness"

Former England defender Jamie Carragher praised England for playing in the first half of the Euro 2020 final against Italy.

"The quality of England's play in the first half hour is incredible, especially considering the pressure on the players," Carragher tweeted.

What can not be said about the quality of the broadcast of the European Championship finals on the Russian Internet on the "Look" website - it went with significant problems. During the entire first half, and even at half-time, it was interrupted after every 10-15 seconds. Many fans on the Internet are outraged by the "defective" show of the decisive Euro match, because it is impossible to watch the live broadcast of the Russia-1 TV channel on the Internet. In addition, a couple of radio journalists who are counting on a radio listener who cannot see the picture are commenting on the broadcast on Smimm.ru. And this in itself brings discomfort to the perception of the match.

And with the beginning of the second half, the broadcast was interrupted every 5 seconds, and thus the game for the viewers "broke into episodes." In one of them, in the 69th minute, we learned that Leonardo Bonucci equalized the score, pushing the ball into the English goal in the commotion. 1-1!

According to Opta, the Italian became the oldest goal scorer in the European Championship final. Turning 34 and 71 days old on the day of the final, Italy's Bornei set a record for the most goals in major international tournaments. Leonardo Bonucci's goal in the Euro 2020 final against England was 13th for Italians in this European championship. Italy has never scored so many goals in a single World and European Championship.

Fortunately, the technical glitches in the broadcast of the last 15 minutes have stopped.

Italy woke up and remembered that they had not lost a single match of the England national team in major tournaments in their history, and the total "historical" score was 14-2 in their favor.

Until the end of regular time, the Italians controlled the game, while their opponents were unable to establish attacks. It looks like both teams are going to play extra times. And no surprise: out of the last 10 finals, 6 (six) were with extra time. By the way, back in 1966, the British won the world championship at Wembley, also in extra time with the FRG national team.

In the first extra half, the British leveled the game, creating several dangerous moments after the release of Grilish and Sack. In response, in the 104th minute, the united attack of the Italians almost led to a goal.

During the break, the statistics of shots on goal strained: in all 105 minutes, the England national team hit the target only one (!) Time, when they scored a goal in the 2nd minute. Italy had three times more hits.

The number 3 eventually became unlucky for the British. Having played 1-1 with the Italians in regular and extra time, they missed 3 (three!) Penalties. At the same time, two of them missed the mark from young players specially released on the field at the very end of the match.

The Italian national team is the European champion! Experience and composure won the decisive moment of the match...