As the sun sets on another major international football tournament, it’s time to take a look back on the month of frenzied football action with a calm head and a reasoned mind. So I’ll be borrowing someone else’s for this week’s column.
Joking aside, I have a few takeaways I felt needed sharing, so share I shall…
Deserved winners
There is no doubt in my mind that Italy totally deserved to go home with the trophy. They were unquestionably the better team in the final and, for my money, the best overall team throughout the tournament.
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The Three Lions suffered penalty shootout heartbreak on Monday (AEST) as the Azzurri prevailed 3-2 on spot-kicks at Wembley.
It was an agonising defeat for Gareth Southgate, who had guided England to their first major final in 55 years – and first at the European Championship.
Southgate s side conceded just a single goal en route to the showpiece, becoming the first nation to begin a Euros campaign with five successive clean sheets along the way.
However, a first trophy since the 1966 World Cup narrowly eluded the Three Lions after Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Buyako Saka all missed from 12 yards out.
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