Penalties were the undoing of England again at the Euro 2020 final – 50 shots on target
A streaker interrupted the game, but didn’t get the attention they would have liked, with the TV cameras staying firmly on the fully clothed.
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The streaker #Euro2020Final #ITAENG pic.twitter.com/b5gOSNe40B
— Declan Cashin (@Tweet_Dec) July 11, 2021
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It wasn't a streaker Grealish just forgot his kit and didn't notice.
— ~ (@daniel_barker) July 11, 2021
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First image of the Wembley streaker pic.twitter.com/8mOahKIQIo
— Otto English (@Otto_English) July 11, 2021
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TV unable to show the streaker and we can only impute its existence by the disgusted expression of Luke Shaw like 18th century astronomers hypothesising Neptune from its gravitational effects on other known bodies
— alex kealy (@alexkealy) July 11, 2021
With the score level at 90 minutes plus change, the dreaded extra time had to happen.
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It’s going to penalties and Southgate’s going to have a go isn’t he?
— Bethany Black 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈twitch.tv/beffernieblack (@BeffernieBlack) July 11, 2021
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No one wants extra time, end it now, rock paper scissors or a dance off judged by Toni Basil.
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) July 11, 2021
30.
Any minute now, desperate fans will shine their laser pointers and the pitch will be suddenly covered in cats #ENGvsITA
— Liz Buckley (@liz_buckley) July 11, 2021
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this is what it's all about, hating every single fucking second for 30 years in the hope of some fleeting euphoric respite
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) July 11, 2021
A penalty shoot-out had never been on anyone’s wish-list.
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— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 11, 2021
33.
Me: tense this innit? How you doing?
My fella: I’m more invested in this than Glow Up, but less than @MasterChefUK
— Angela Barnes (@AngelaBarnes) July 11, 2021
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Got an early start so I’m going to video the penalties and watch them in the morning.
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) July 11, 2021
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Oh no! pic.twitter.com/Fr1nbf6Iqb
— Gyles Brandreth (@GylesB1) July 11, 2021
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Apparently Gareth isn’t taking one.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) July 11, 2021
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can’t believe Meghan Markle missed that penalty#Euro2020Final
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) July 11, 2021
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That last Italian doing the penalty looked like a romcom boyfriend who gets dumped the night before a wedding for a childhood sweetheart
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 11, 2021
They think it’s all over – because it is. It was hours ago – of course it’s over.
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Presumably Boris Johnson has switched to his Italy top?
— Robin Flavell (@RobinFlavell) July 11, 2021
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Prediction: every front page will have a picture of Southgate comforting whoever it was that missed the penalty
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 11, 2021
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still think Southgate should be PM though
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) July 11, 2021
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If Scotland cannae win, neither should England. #BetterTogether
— twitch.tv/Limmy (@DaftLimmy) July 11, 2021
43.
Oh man. Penalties. Too much for the youngsters. Football DID come home in spirit. Well done Italy. Still, thanks for the incredible ride and look forward to the World Cup @England 🙏🏽⚽️
— Sanjeev Bhaskar💙 (@TVSanjeev) July 11, 2021
44.
Actually I've just remembered – I hate football.
— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) July 11, 2021
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So proud. So sad. So tired. Bloody football.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) July 11, 2021
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"What did you say in the huddle?"
"Just that no one is alone in this."God bless Gareth Southgate, what a kind hearted man.#EURO2020
— Holly Brockwell (@holly) July 11, 2021
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“Football’s buggered off, it’s buggered off, it’s buggered” 🎶#ENG #ITA #ENGITA #Euro2020Final
— Omid Djalili (@omid9) July 11, 2021
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"Football eunt domus?" pic.twitter.com/efmLnopu4z
— Richard Littler (@richard_littler) July 11, 2021
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Glad I don’t own a Ferrari. 😬 #ENGITA
— Jim Howick (@JimHowick) July 11, 2021
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I admire every player who steps up & shows the balls to take a penalty in a game that important. Especially when they’re just 19, 21 & 23. Proud of you @BukayoSaka87 @Sanchooo10 @MarcusRashford– you missed, and we lost, but you’ve all got guts. pic.twitter.com/YOBP4bmpBd
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 11, 2021
If disappointed fans can take any small comfort from this, it’s that the team achieved far more than any other male England team have for a long time – and this.
Anyway. Setting aside everything else for a moment, we can all unite behind the hilarious fact that Richard Branson chose today to shoot himself into space, and nobody gave a toss. Or even noticed.
— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) July 11, 2021
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