“Too much pressure at the end of the day, too much pressure” Here’s how fans reacted as Italy beat England 3-2 after a tense penalty shootout to become European champions
This was English football's most important day for more than half a century. It felt like it in every fibre of Wembley.
Southgate's response was a low-key fist pump while Mancini threw his hands in the air lamenting how Italy, who went into this final on the back of a 33-match unbeaten run, could concede so cheaply.The country had waited more than 20,000 days to finally claim that major crown and the opportunity to do it on home soil was almost overwhelming.
They demanded Jack Grealish, the new people's champion, and it was a surprise Southgate waited until the 99th minute to introduce a player who may have at least given those two teak-tough defensive enforcers Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini - combined age 70 - some worrying moments. England lost impetus and Wembley's worries ran alongside each other. Somehow their convictions seemed to desert them, even Southgate himself seemingly reluctant to change the course of a game that ran Italy's way.
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