ROME: Italy coach Roberto Mancini (L) and Giorgio Chiellini hold the European Championship trophy as they arrive at the Fiumicino airport on Monday. AFP
ROME: After 18 months of pandemic hell, Italy revelled in some football heaven on Monday after its national team brought back the European Championship trophy for the first time since 1968 following victory over England in London.
Led by coach Roberto Mancini, the players landed shortly after dawn to the ecstatic cheers of Italians who spent the better part of the night honking horns, setting off fireworks and violating all sorts of coronavirus precautions to celebrate their team’s 3-2 penalty shootout win at Wembley Stadium.
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