“The Euro 2020 is finally over. It was a nail-biting finish to the biggest European football tournament as England hosted Italy for the final at Wembley on Sunday. After finishing all square in regulation time and the extra time, the game was decided by a penalty shootout. England was chasing their first major international trophy and started the game on the front foot as Manchester United Left Back Luke Shaw scored the fastest goal in a European Championship final, finding the net with less than two minutes since the kickoff. England looked set to finally end a long trophy drought until the 67th minute when veteran defender Leonardo Benoucci scored off a corner to draw Italy level. As the score remained at 1-1 after the regulation time and the extra time, the Euro 2020 final became the first summit clash to be decided by a penalty shootout since Euro 1976. The first two penalties from England found the back of the net and their keeper Jordan Pickford even saved one of Italyu2019s first two, giving hope to a nation starved of international success. But it went downhill from there as Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed their spot-kicks. With Italy scoring two of their last three chances, the Azzuri won the shootout 3-2 to lift the European Championship trophy for the first time since 1968. Penalty shootouts seem to be the Achilles heel for England manager Gareth Southgate as he had missed a crucial spot-kick against Germany in Euro 96, Englandu2019s previous best finish in the tournament. #EURO2020 #Italy #England #Footballu00a0.”