Italy 1 – England 1 (after extra time)
Italy wins 3-2 on penalties
Italy should, although this victory came to a screeching halt, monkeys behind England for many years now.
Playing at home, the Azzurri crossed England, conceded just one shot (Luke Shaw’s goal), and now have not won in 34 games, the longest line in their history.
The team is bigger than most of its members, but it has a number of amazing people: Former Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, twin midfielders Jorginho and Marco Verratti and goalscorers Gianluigi Donnarumma, appear to be 22 years old and have been named player of the match. competition.
England’s Gareth Southgate was sacked however well prepared as before, he did well to have a better side for two hours of play, and he can boast of having done well in competition since 1966.
England captain Harry Kane told the BBC: “We should be very proud as a team of what we have achieved,” adding, “We had a great success from Russia and now we continue to do this.”
The game followed what was played in England’s biggest games of the last few decades: start early, then use the game to defend their back wall, eventually be defeated, and lose penalties.
For two minutes he struggled to the right and found Kieran Trippier, who came on the team instead of the other Bukayo Saka. Beckham-esque football shooter, Trippier hoisted a cross straight to his teammate in the back, unknown in the distance. Shaw wore a very good race and broke the half-volley.
Andrea Belotti of Italy lifts the trophy after finishing Euro 2020 © AP
Wembley has been waiting for this moment for 55 years. The stadium was noisy, but dangerous. It looked so much better than 60,000 power. People without tickets had it violation of security, and in some positions all the seats seemed to be seated, and then others: most were standing. Some arrived prematurely, and by the end of the gangways were dangerously crowded, with little intervention from the guards.
At first, Shaw’s goal seems to have established the game England are looking for: sit back, rely on their solid defense that was defeated once in the past, let Italy get to their side, and hopefully oppose pacy Raheem Sterling.
The three defenders of Harry Maguire, John Stones and Kyle Walker have never committed any wrongdoing. Keeper Jordan Pickford recovered from a stroke after losing them semifinal against Denmark.
Southgate always has a plan, and for the most part its players stick. When England had the ball, they tried to pass through the middle of the toughest spot in Italy, where the Azzurri had the opportunity to read and the Jorginho-Verratti engine room.
England wanted to play from the back straight to Shaw and Trippier on the sidelines or hit the deep lanes on Harry Kane’s head. But Kane in particular Sterling did not participate in the game, being left out by Bonucci (fit to be named “game star”) and Chiellini.
England are not a strong pressure team, and putting three defenders backed up meant commitment from the middle.
Beginning in the latter half of the first half, the Italian passage forced the English to defend themselves near the spot where they were punished, a place where one piece could mean disaster.
Italy was a key player in the game – 90% of their passes were accurate, as opposed to only 78% of England – but they were also confident of going further. If you give a team as good as Italy a free standing spot, with permission to move forward unabated up to 20 yards of your goal, they can take advantage of another opportunity.
It took up to 61 minutes for the Azzurri to force Pickford to save a quick save, with a swipe to the left to stop Federico Chiesa’s low shot. But the goal came six minutes later, with clear consequences for the Italian intervention. The scorer, unsurprisingly, was 34-year-old Bonucci. The Italian corner caused quite a stir in the area. Pickford pushed Verratti’s header on the spot, but the Juventus boss joined them.
Southgate may have intervened to change the course of England in the past, but it did so after it had already been destroyed, sending a Saka to Trippier and leaving five men to defend themselves against four men.
Since then, England have managed to put the ball on a regular basis and beyond where there was danger.
Over time the risk in Italy diminished, with their senior Verratti and Chiesa injured. Southgate sent a young wild card player, Jack Grealish, and danced around the Italian defense, nominated by Wembley as “Super, Super Jack”.
However, the figures showed who dominated 120 minutes of play: Italy had 62%, managed to pass 755 to 341 for England, and shot six times for England. It is a tribute to the defense agency in England that he managed to get the game out of fines.
England’s Southgate will have more confidence in gunfire than any other recent team. He defeated former local terrorists by beating Colombia in a clash at the 2018 World Cup, and few are making further sanctions or full scrutiny.
Shortly before the end, Southgate sent Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho primarily for their sanctions.
He was brave enough for them to line up. As such, they were the first England players to miss, Kane and Maguire kicking unstoppable kicks. Perhaps it is too much to ask for the boys to play the most important game, and then immediately take the strongest in the history of English football.
When Donnarumma rescued from Saka, it was all over.
Italy had never been qualified at all in the last World Cup, the lowest in their modern sporting history. This victory made their redesign as exciting as the part against manager Roberto Mancini. Their 13th goal at Euro 2020 is what the Azzurri have achieved in the major competition.
Italy will go boldly to the World Cup in Qatar next year. But England – still young with potential for growth – should also be thrown out.
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