Marking The Spot looks back on the past four weeks of football and the thrilling moments Euro 2020 produced. I name my team of the tournament and I hand out several awards for the biggest achievers and the biggest disappointments.
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Italy came from a goal down to win Euro 2020 3-2 on penalties denying England a dream win at Wembley. Luke Shaw gave England an early lead but Italy fought back drawing level through Leonardo Bonucci while Gianluigi Donnarumma became a hero saving two penalties
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A controversial penalty saw England narrowly see off Denmark 2-1 to reach the final of Euro 2020 where they will face Italy. Mikkel Damsgaard fired Denmark into the lead but an own goal from Simon Kjaer brought England level. A controversial penalty won by Raheem Sterling saw Harry Kane score from a rebound.
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Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane sent Wembley into hysterics and England past Germany into the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 where they will face either Sweden or Ukraine. Joachim Löw’s 15 year tenure as Germany manager comes to an end following this evening’s loss.
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Italy scored twice in extra-time through Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina to progress to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020. Austria scored in normal time but saw the goal ruled out for offside and a late goal from Sasa Kalajdzic made life difficult for Italy who survived to book a match with either Belgium or Portugal.
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