DEFINITION IN PENAL
Europe is 'azzurri'! Italy surpasses to England in penaltis and carries the Euro
Published:11/07/2021 - 23:55h
Updated:12/07/2021 - 01:11h
Italy has surpassed to England in the final of the Eurocopa, in a party in which the ones of Southgate were upper in the beginning, but the ones of Mancini attained to react
The 'azzurri' reign in Europe! This Sunday Italy silenció to a Wembley full in the final of the Eurocopa 2020. The Italians have proclaimed champions of the continental tournament suffering to the end, reacting in the moment indicated to surpass to an England that began being upper, but that it was victim of a 'squadra azzurra' with thirst of victory and with spirits to break his drought of titles that had from 2006.
After the final of 2012 and the disappointments of the last years, Italy wanted to revancha in the football and has achieved it. The ones of Roberto Mancini, unrecognizable in the beginning of the crash, have won to the 'three lions' of way agónica and suffering at all times. England was upper in some points of the party, with solidity and confidence, but the reaction of the 'azzurri' in the second part, with the changes, was lethal so that they forced the extention.
England was not brilliant, but sufficed him to show a big version and surpass without problems to Italy in the first minutes. The so much that opened the tin arrived of unexpected way to the two minutes of party, after a contragolpe that the Italians did not know to defend. Luke Shaw began the played in own field, Kane opened for Trippier, that received the balloon in the right band, temporizó and commanded it to the second stick, where arrived the defender of the Manchester United to command a powerful shot to the short stick and advance to his.
Italy did not expect this stage and cost him react, in front of a very comfortable England in the field that did not have signals of Insigne, Immobile or Chiesa, the most dangerous players of the 'squadra azzurra'. The ones of Southgate were doing a lot of damage by the sides and Mancini did not find the formula to wake up to his team. The 'three lions' were not attacking, but neither suffered.
In the 35', Federico Chiesa did with a jugadón from the medullary and was sorteando rival to finish taking out a big shot raso from the frontal that happened very near of the right stick of Pickford. Shortly after, the Italians gave two warnings more: one of Insigne, with a finish at first after a centre of Gave Lorenzo, that took out Harry Maguire with the leg. In the refuse, Verratti did with the spherical and hit with the left-handed, very toneless, so that Pickford remained with the balloon.
Reaction in the second part
In the second act, Italy followed without answers in spite of a seguidilla of actions that arrived to incomodar to the defence of the English, but that were not sufficient to equalise the marker. In the 56, Insigne had a very clear opportunity after a big played of Chiesa from the left side. The refuse of his finish collected it Insigne in the background line, but his shot, with little or without angle any, cleared it Pickford.
The guardameta of the Everton dressed of hero shortly after to detain of anthological way a latigazo of Chiesa inside the area. Pickford Answered with a big pulled to avoid the so much. The pressure was so much that the tie arrived in the 66, with so much of Bonucci, Berardi commanded a launching from the corner that prolonged in the first stick, Verratti finished of head in the second stick, but the stick avoided the goal. For fortune of the 'azzurri', Leonardo Bonucci arrived to time to command the spherical at the end of the network.
Italy wanted to carry the result in the statutory time. In the 73', Berardi received a long balloon, only in front of Pickford, but his finish at first went high. Italy had reacted, of extraordinary way, and was looking for the second so much to clear the meeting. It was not sufficient, however, and the final went to the extention, turning into the sixth that has gone to extra time, after the ones of 1960, 1976, 1996, 2000 and 2016.
Extention... And again penal
In the beginning of the extention, both selections followed the same dynamics, to consequence of the tiredness and physical wear. They did not want to risk too much, until it arrived the clearest occasion of England in the feet of Sterling, that Chiellini saved of way milagrosa. The 'three lions' had achieved a big combination and the one of the Manchester City put in the area in good position but 'il capitano' arrived just to command it to the corner.
Italy also had his opportunity in the 103, after a big centre of Emerson to the that did not arrive Bernardeschi to the first stick. Pickford, almost without wanting to, took out the spherical of miracle with the body. In the second time, Pickford, to two times, detained a launching of Bernardeschi. A minute afterwards, Donnarumma went out of form predigiosa to remove him of fists a centre to the area that went to finish Stones. The strengths equalised in the last minutes and the definition arrived in a new batch of penaltis.
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