‘It’s coming Rome!’ Leonardo Bonucci screams into TV camera after Italy are crowned Euro 2020 champions via penalty shoot-out victory over England in dramatic finish at Wembley
Italy talisman Leonardo Bonucci goaded England fans in the aftermath of a famous penalty shoot-out Euro 2020 triumph at Wembley on Sunday night.
The centre back scored the equaliser for his country as the Italians came from behind to take the game to penalties, before coming out on top 3-2 in the shoot-out, with Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missing for England.
And after the Italians lifted the trophy, 34-year-old Bonucci sent a message back home in opposition to England’s famous ‘It’s coming home’ chant by screaming into a TV camera: ‘It’s coming Rome!’
Italy talisman Leonardo Bonucci goaded England fans in the aftermath of the shoot-out victory
Italy celebrated in the aftermath after their first European triumph since 1968, while for England the wait for a victory in a major tournament goes on.
England boss Gareth Southgate paid tribute to his players after the heartbreaking loss: ‘We’re playing against a very good side. We got off to the perfect start. Maybe dropped a little bit too deep.
‘Sometimes when you score that early it’s easy to try and soak up the pressure and try hold onto that and that’s probably what happened. They had a lot of the ball, they had a lot of possession but to be fair we looked fairly in control.
‘We didn’t create too many chances then obviously they got their breakthrough from the set-piece and then after that it was probably a 50/50.
‘In extra-time we grew into the game, had a few half-chances then obviously penalties is penalties. We went through our process. The boys did everything they could, it just wasn’t our night. We should be extremely proud as a group of what we’ve achieved.
Bouncci scored Italy’s equaliser from close range as Roberto Mancini’ side came roaring back
‘We’re all winners and we want to win so it’s going to hurt for a while and it’ll probably hurt for the rest of our careers but that’s football.
‘We progressed well from Russia and now it’s about continuing that. We’ve got a great squad with loads of young players hungry for more football like this so that’s all we can do.
‘Build and learn and hopefully go into next year in a better way.’