SportItaly never dies | Winner Euro 2021

Italy never dies | Winner Euro 2021

Italy never dies. The Azzurri team lifted the Eurocup in another agonizing penalty shoot-out against England as in the semifinal against Spain. Mancini’s selection overcame Shaw’s opening goal and England’s push in the first half hour. Later, the Italians took control of the party by dint of vigor and drive. Bonucci made the 1-1 that took the final to extra time, where Italy brought out all their indestructible selection legend because Italy, as everyone knows, is immortal . At least in football.

It was raining at Wembley . For a change. The stadium was bursting with English fans, some also bathed inside for hours and not exactly in water. England and Italy put their best football finery on the pitch, including tridents. In the English hosts, Mount , Sterling and Kane . In the Italian ones, Chiesa , Insigne and Inmobile . Despite this, the final was drawn on the board as a close game, very tactical, with few goals and a lot of tension. Nanay.

Within two minutes England dynamited any plan of Italy. It was a play in which Harry Kane received in his own field, accelerated, raised his head and drew a diagonal for Trippier’s climb up the right wing. With Italy badly stopped and in full retreat, the Atlético side put her at the far post and Luke Shaw appeared from behind to take advantage of Di Lorenzo’s distraction and score with a volley at the far post. Nor was Donnarumma very fine, who did not attack a ball that flew over the small area.

England, like other times in this European Championship, found the goal before football. They do not have a fluid game, but when you have a footballer as intelligent as Harry Kane who, in addition to scoring goals, plays well in any area of the field, it gives a lot of advantage. Italy was more lost in the field than a minister in Pedro Sánchez’s cabinet.

Italy responded with equal parts impetus and haste. England defended itself with order and comfort. And he countered with the speed of the Sterling dagger and, above all, on the right flank of the Italian rear, poorly defended by Emerson , towards which Harry Kane’s poisonous passes were striking again and again. Fixed that Mancini would be remembering the injured Spinazzola . Italy had to suffer and bail water, something to which footballers like Chiellini or Bonucci are as used to rowing as a gondolier.

‘God save The Kane’

They were painting clubs for Italy , who held their breath as Jorginho reached first to his knee and then to the ground. They cared for him. Went back. Mancini breathed. But the final was in the hands of the simple and primitive game of England . Order back and long balls for Harry Kane to lower her on her back and Sterling, Mount and company joined. Italy was looking for the missing Barella and Verratti , engulfed by the work of the English midfielders, Rice and Phillips .

Italy had to wait 35 minutes to peek into the Pickford area. He did it in an individual action by Chiesa , who dodged Rice’s jams and looked into the area. Raudo armed his left foot and his low shot went just wide. At last the azzurra showed signs of life.

But it was a mirage. The final was from England and, above all, from a Harry Kane who dominated the game in any area of the field. What a piece of footballer that Guardiola can take … or whoever puts 120 million on the table. It is a sin that he did not leave Tottenham and it would be stupid if he continued to rot for another year there.

In the last ten minutes of the first half, Italy stretched, England retreated and we saw some trouble around the Pickford area, but the Kuipers whistle signaling the dressing room tunnel was heavenly music for the Southgate team , who went into the halftime with the precious booty of the 1-0 and a half Euro Cup in your pocket. The other stocking was missing.

Espabila Italy

After the break, Italy took to the mountains like Pablo Iglesias when he bought the Galapagar case. He attacked without fear and narrowed his siege to the English area. Insigne found a gap between white legs and stepped into the area. He was forced and his shot at point-blank range rejected it as best Pickford could.

Italy continued to attack, which was able to tie in another individual action by Chiesa . He went into the England area and took a low and dry shot that Pickford cleared with a firm hand. Remarkable stop yours. England tried to shake fear out of the body and rehab around the ball.

He did not and then the moment of Italy appeared . Tied. He deserved it no matter how much the goal was in a ruckus at the exit of a defended corner. Chiellini entered the Stones with everything, fell to the ground, protested, misled half the world, the ball was loose in the area and there appeared Bonucci , the other old Italian rocker, to hole almost on the goal line. Well 1-1 and new ending.

The goal spurred Italy on and made an England falter that had lost its steam, just like the Wembley crowd, who watched the Italian resurrection impassively. Berardi , who had replaced the invisible Inmobile, had the 1-2 in a shot that went through the roof after Pickford’s desperate exit.

He had less than a quarter of an hour left in the final and now he seemed to be closer to the Italian side than to the English side. However, the legs began to weigh for both teams and the match fell apart in the final minutes. Something improved England and something fell Italy , so with the final at its most even, we went to extra time. Another extension in one of the most even Euro Cups in memory.

Extra time again … and penalties

The extension started with many losses and no less interruptions. Soccer, what is said soccer, little. Some Sterling run for the cons and voila. But Italy had something up its sleeve, so they began to dominate the English again. Just like Southgate, who put Grealish on the edge of the 100th minute.

Few, if any, happened in the first 15 minutes of overtime. An Emerson cross-kick picked up by Pickford and you stop counting. In the second Italy tightened a bit more, which did not want to trust the Eurocopa to the penalty lottery, perhaps because it had already played against Spain.

The fact is that the minutes passed, Kuipers forgave Jorginho the red for an entrance to Grealish, but the final was dying of hypoxia. The referee also went blind on a Stones hand inside the area that could well have been a penalty, but it was not the time to get into trouble. Yes to inhibit and let time pass until the penalty shootout.

Well nothing. Another penalty shoot-out in this equality Eurocup. He started by shooting Italy. Berardi opened the square. Pickford cheated and goal. Then Harry Kane. Down, strong, goal. 1-1. The third was Belotti. Loud, hard, down … but Pickford guessed the shot and parried. 1-1 and advantage for England. It was Maguire. Strong and by the square. Golazo. 2-1 for England.

The third from Italy was for Bonucci. He scored in suspense. Almost for Pickford but he beat him over the top. 2-2. It was Rashford’s turn, who had come out for the batch. He threw it to the stick after adorning himself a lot. Well 2-2. Bernardeschi scored for the center. 3-2 Italy. Sancho was going, also out for the penalty shootout. Well, Donnarumma stopped. Taking. Two changes for penalties and two failures. If Jorginho scored, Italy champion of the Eurocup. There he approached without hesitation … but Pickford pointed him, hit the stick and caught it. 3-3 and England was still alive. But Saka failed his and in the end Italy won… because Italy never dies.

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