Italy became the champions of Europe by defeating England in the final of UEFA Euro 2020.

There are some records which were made/broken in this Euro campaign. Let’s take a close look to those records:

• Top Scorer in Euro history – Cristiano Ronaldo broke Michel Platini’s record of 9 goals and has scored overall 13 goals in European championship history.
• First direct free-kick since 2000 – After Zinedine Zidane’s set piece in 2000 Euros, Mikkel Damsgaard scored a direct free-kick goal against England to break the 21 years of silence.
• International top scorer – Cristiano Ronaldo equaled Ali Daei’s record of 109 international goals.
• Goalkeeper as Player of The Tournament – Gianluigi Donnarumma became the first goalkeeper to win the ‘Player of The Tournament’ award in Euro history.

Awards

• Top Scorer/Golden Boot – Cristiano Ronaldo (5 goals and 1 assist)
• Player of The Tournament – Gianluigi Donnarumma
• Golden Glove – Jordan Pickford
• Young Player of the Tournament – Pedri

Statistics

• Most Goals Scored – Italy (13 goals) in 7 matches and Spain (13 goals) in 6 matches
• Least Goals Scored – Finland, Turkey and Scotland (1 goal) in 3 matches
• Least goals conceded – England (2 goals in 7 matches)
• Most goals conceded – Ukraine (10 goals in 5 matches)

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The final of UEFA EURO 2020 was played between England and Italy. The latter defeated their opponent on penalties, after a dramatic full time draw.

The first goal of the match was scored by Luke Shaw in just 2nd minute of the start. It was the fastest goal scored in Euro history.

Leonardo Bonucci scored the equalizer in 67th minute. The score ended 1-1 after the full 90 minutes.

Extra time didn’t see any goal and the result was to decide in a penalty shootout, which was won by Italy on a score of 3-2.

Gioanluigi Donnarumma was given the ‘Player of The Tournament’ while Cristiano Ronaldo was the ‘Top Scorer’ of the tournament.

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Italy will face England in UEFA Euro 2020 final. Before that, you need to know Italy’s record against England, in all competitions.

• Italy wins – 11
• Draw – 8
• England wins – 8

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The second semi-final match of UEFA EURO 2020 was played between England and Denmark. The former defeated their opponent 2-1 on final score.

The first goal of the match was scored by Mikkel Damsgaard in 30th minute through a stunning free-kick from outside the box. This was the first direct free-kick goal in European Championship since 2000 (scored by Zinedine Zidane).

The second goal was an own goal netted by the Danish captain Simon Kjaer in 39th minute. The score ended 1-1 after full 90 minutes.

In the extra time, Raheem Sterling’s dive gave England a penalty. Kasper Schmeichel saved it but Harry Kane netted the ball on rebound.

The final score was 2-1 to England. Was Denmark robbed? There are two reasons that the game was rigged.

First, there were two balls on the field when Sterling dive for the penalty. Second, a laser was light on the face of Kasper Schmeichel before the penalty was to be taken.

Denmark may have lost the tournament but most importantly, they gave a tough fight to every team they faced in these Euros.

England will face Italy in the final.

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The first semi-final match of Euro 2020 was played between Italy and Spain. The former defeated their opponent 4-2 on penalties.

The first half of the game remained goalless. The first goal was scored by Ferdico Chiesa in 60th minute, a great sense of finishing was shown by the 23 year old.

However, Italy couldn’t hold the lead and conceded a goal scored by Alvaro Morata in 80th minute. The score went 1-1 even after the extra time.

Italy are in the final of Euro 2020 and will face the winner of England vs Denmark.

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