It Went to Rome

Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968, defeating England 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after extra time. Gianluigi Donnarumma saved the decisive penalty from Bukayo Saka to win Italy the trophy, denying England their first trophy since 1966 and crowning Italy's unbeaten run with silverware. Roberto Mancini did not make any change for the Azzurri with Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini partnering in defence, Jorginho in the base of midfield with Nicolo Barella and Marco Verratti ahead of him while Ciro Immobile played up-front. England played with a back three with Gareth Southgate making just one change with Mason Mount coming in for Bukayo Saka.

England had the dream start with Luke Shaw scored, firing a shot past Donnarumma in just two minutes to give England the lead. Despite having the upper hand from the first twenty minutes, that would be England's only shot from the first half as they pushed back to hold on to their lead before halftime, with the Italians trying to find an equaliser but were unable to find Pickford's goal giving England the lead at halftime.

In the second half, Italy upped the pressure on England and started to trouble Pickford as Mancini brought on Berardi and Cristante in the 54th minute. Federico Chiesa forced the English goalkeeper to a save before Italy finally got their reward as England was unable to clear the ball off a corner with Veratti hitting the post before Bonucci scored from the rebound in the 67th minute to level the score, giving the Azzurri the momentum. Both Italy and England were unable to find the winner taking the game to extra time, as was the 2016 Final between France and Portugal.

Both teams made changes through extra time to find a winner in extra time and potentially the penalty shootout with Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho coming on for England while Alessandro Florenzi and Manuel Locatelli came on. A winner did not come in extra time, taking the final into a penalty shootout for the first time since 1976. After two well-taken penalties from Kane and Berardi, Andrea Belotti was the first to have his penalty saved before England took the lead in the shootout from Harry Maguire. Bonucci scored for Italy but Rashford was unable to keep England's lead in the shootout, hitting the post to bring the shootout back level. Federico Bernardeschi scored to make it 3-2 but England missed another penalty with Sancho missing his spot-kick. Jorginho could have sealed it for Italy but Pickford saved to keep England in the shootout. However, it ended in heartbreak for the Three Lions as Donnarumma saved Bukayo Saka's spot-kick, giving Italy their second Euro title.