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Euro's Final


ENGLAND 1-1 ITALY
After extra time, Italy win on penalties


Well what drama in the end ehh and what a way to finish a tournament Final, on the dreaded penalties!. And Italy do finally end that amazing record of no team ever winning a Euro's by winning more than one penalty shoot out!!.
Some fans might say that too many penalty shoot outs can ruin a tournament, but I think they are still exciting and there is no other way to decide a match.
We/England scored too early if there is such a thing and while it looked comfortable in the first half, it was awful to watch in the second half as Italy really upped their game and we were forced back.
Questions will be asked about Gareth Southgate etc, the timing of the subs and the choice and timing of the penalty takers, and those arguments will go on of course. It's hard to take when we have well and truly blown two great positions in the last two tournaments, like here in this one and three years ago when we also led Croatia at the time in the World cup Semi's.
But this is a young squad and hopefully we will learn from this defeat, this time. It might sound harsh but I think we made it to the Final despite Southgate, and not because of him.

Anyway on the whole Ive really enjoyed the tournament as it's come after a difficult time for us all, and it's great to see fans going back to matches again. Long may that continue. I think the staging of the tournament was bad and Im glad to hear they won't be doing it like this ever again, in loads of different countries and citites.
But heres to Euro 20/21 ehh, as it goes into the record books.