The England CB, Harry Maguire scored an exquisite penalty against Italy despite horrid efforts from his compatriots in the Euro 2020 final
On a night when England dished out some of the most appalling penalties witnessed on the big stage, their CB, Harry Maguire managed to show the team how it’s done.
Although England were decimated by Italy in the final of Euro 2020 as Gianluigi Donnarumma kept out penalties from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford missed his, Harry Maguire and Harry Kane both managed to score their efforts. And Harry Maguire’s effort ended up being one of the finest on the night from both the sides.
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Stepping up to take the second penalty, many questioned Gareth Southgate’s decision to send the defender up so soon. However, Maguire silenced his naysayers with aplomb has he sent in scorching hit, one which nestled into the top right hand corner and broke the corner cam.
That was the only moment English supporters rejoiced though. The side went onto miss its next three successive chances with the Italians winning Euro 2020 despite Jordan Pickford saving Jorginho’s effort.
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As ugly were England’s penalties akin were the set to events which unravelled in the aftermath of the defeat. Visuals have emerged of English supporters trouncing Italians outside Wembley once the match ended.
The Italians were not the only ones subjected to their abysmal behaviour though with English supporters also erupting in brawls amongst themselves. And after they had, had a go at each other, they decided to smear the penalty misers by directing racist tweets at them.
Whilst a string of English organisations and people have lambasted the racism, the comments are an epitome of the sorry state the English public is in. The England crowd across the length of the tournament failed to get its house in order, giving a raw deal to its opponents on every plausible occasion.
Its what made the world stand up as one and rejoice in Italy’s win with England’s defeat coming across as extremely sweet music to everyone’s years.