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Euro 2020 review: Football has come Rome!

The win also helped Italy stretch their unbeaten run to 34 matches and end their 53-year wait to lift the Henri Delaunay trophy

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Bengaluru, July 12: Italy ended their 53-year long wait as they beat England 3-2 on penalties to clinch the Euro 2020 crown.

Roberto Mancini's men held their nerve at Wembley after the two teams were level at 1-1 at the end of regulation/extra time.

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Luke Shaw opened the scoring for England as early as in the second minute before Leonardo Bonucci helped the Azzuri draw level in the the 65th minute.

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A dramatic shootout was eventually settled by Gianluigi Donnarumma keeping out Bukayo Saka's penalty.

The win also helped Italy stretch their unbeaten run to 34 matches. Their 53-year wait for the Henri Delaunay trophy - is the longest-ever gap between championships in the tournament by a single nation, surpassing Spain's 44-year wait from 1964 to 2008.

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• With their 4-0 win against Wales, Denmark became the first team to score 4+ goals in consecutive matches in EURO history.

• Italy's win against Austria saw them extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to 31 games, a new record for the national side.

• Courtesy of the eight goals in the game, Croatia 3-5 Spain was the second highest scoring match in EURO history, after France v Yugoslavia in the 1960 semifinal (9 - 5-4 to Yugoslavia).

• Pedri's own-goal against Croatia was Spain's first-ever in EUROs and came at a distance of 49 yards, the first own goal ever scored from outside the box in EURO history.

• France failed to reach the quarterfinal stage of a major tournament for the first time since the 2010 World Cup.

• England defeated Germany in a competitive game at Wembley for the first time since the 1966 World Cup final.

• Against Sweden, Ukraine's Artem Dovbyk scored the second-latest goal in EURO history (120:37), behind Semih Sentürk v Croatia in 2008 (121:01), and the latest match-winning strike in the competition, overtaking Michel Platini v Portugal in 1984 (118:53).

• Against Spain, Switzerland's Denis Zakaria netted the 10th own goal to be scored at EURO 2020 - more than the 15 previous editions combined (9).

• Italy's win against Belgium was their 15th consecutive EURO win, a record in the competition.

• England's 4-0 win against Ukraine was their biggest ever win at EURO, and their biggest win in the knockout stages of a major tournament.

• Italy became just the second side in EURO history to have as many as five different players score 2+ goals at a single edition of the competition (Chiesa, Pessina, Insigne, Immobile & Locatelli), after France in 2000.

• Alvaro Morata has scored more goals at EURO than any other Spain player (6), overtaking Fernando Torres' five goals.

• England reached their first major final since the 1966 World Cup, 55 years ago, the longest gap between final appearances in the history of the two competitions.

• Harry Kane became England's joint-highest goalscorer in major tournaments, moving level with Gary Lineker on 10 goals.

• Jordan Pickford set a new record for an England goalkeeper for most minutes without conceding, overtaking Gordon Banks' 720 minutes set between May/July 1966 (725 mins in total).

• Italy won their second EURO title, and first in 53 years; it's the longest ever gap between championships in the tournament by a single nation, surpassing Spain's 44-year wait from 1964 to 2008.

• At 1 minute 57 seconds, Luke Shaw's opener (his first goal for England) was the quickest-ever goal scored in the final of EURO.

• At 36y 331d, Giorgio Chiellini became the oldest outfield player to captain a side in a major final.

Story first published: Monday, July 12, 2021, 22:15 [IST]
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