Highlights
Leonardo Bonucci equalised for Italy in second half after ENG lead in 1st
Luke Shaw scored for England in first half, but the hosts gave it away
Italy inflicted more penalty heartache on England to win Sunday s Euro 2020 final 3-2 in a shoot-out, Bukayo Saka missing the decisive kick to deny the hosts after the game at Wembley had ended in a draining 1-1 draw through extra time. Saka s kick was repelled by Gianluigi Donnarumma to give Italy the Henri Delaunay trophy for the second time at the end of a shoot-out in which England scored their first two penalties but then saw Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho also fail.
Italy celebrate with the trophy after winning Euro 2020. Reuters
Italy s Leonardo Bonucci, center, scores his side s first goal during the Euro 2020 soccer championship final match between England and Italy at Wembley Stadium in London. AP
LONDON: Italy inflicted more penalty heartache on England to win Sunday’s Euro 2020 final 3-2 in a shootout, Bukayo Saka missing the decisive kick to deny the hosts after the game at Wembley had ended in a draining 1-1 draw through extra time.
Saka’s kick was repelled by Gianluigi Donnarumma to give Italy the Henri Delaunay trophy for the second time at the end of a shootout in which England scored their first two penalties, but then saw Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho also fail.
Lev Yashin provided the defiance and Viktor Ponedelnik the extra-time winner in Paris as the Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in Paris to become the first team to lift the Henri Delaunay Cup. Appearing in the inaugural final courtesy of a dramatic 5-4 comeback victory over hosts France in the last four, Yugoslavia came to the fore once more in the showpiece.
Milan Galić put them ahead in scrappy fashion and thereafter it was only Yashin s goalkeeping heroics that denied them. Slava Metreveli eventually levelled the scores before Ponedelnik wrote his name into Soviet folklore with the decisive second. That 113th-minute winner was the most important of my whole career, he later reflected.
Italy inflict more penalty heartache on England to win Euro 2020 final
Italy inflict more penalty heartache on England to win Euro 2020 final
FOOTBALL: Italy inflicted more penalty heartache on England to win Sunday’s Euro 2020 final 3-2 in a shoot-out, Bukayo Saka missing the decisive kick to deny the hosts after the game at Wembley had ended in a draining 1-1 draw through extra time.
Italy players celebrate after their penalty shoot-out victory at Wembley. Photo: AFP
Saka’s kick was repelled by Gianluigi Donnarumma to give Italy the Henri Delaunay trophy for the second time, completing a remarkable turnaround for a team that failed to even qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
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