IFFHS DAILY EURO 2020 STATISTICS - FINAL DAY
Posted on Jul 12, 2021 | IFFHS News Category
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*Euro 2020 final became the second European Championship final decided via a penalty shootout, after the 1976 edition.
*It was the third major tournament (Euro and World Cup) final held at Wembley Stadium. All three were played with extra-times, but this time the winner was decided only in shootouts unlike two previous cases (England vs Germany in the 1966 World Cup, and Germany vs Czech Republic in Euro 1996).
*It was third consecutive case when a team playing a final game of Euro on home soil lost the final, after Portugal in 2004 and France in 2016.
*Of the 15 knockout matches played at Euro 2020, 8 have gone to extra-time. This equals the record at major tournaments: 8 at the 1990 and 2014 World Cups.
*Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) became the oldest player to start a final game at the Euro as captain (36 years 331 days) overtaking Gianluigi Buffon in 2012 (34 years 154 days).
*Italy won its 2nd European Championship trophy after 53 years from their first one (1968): the largest gap for a single team in the history of the competition.
*Italy became third team to win 2 penalty shootouts in a single major tournament (World Cup or Euro), after Croatia in World Cup 2018 and Argentina in World Cup 1990.
*Four players of England have lost the finals of Champions’ League and Euro at same year: Walker, Stones, Sterling y Foden (all from Manchester City). Previously, the same occurred with Ballack in 2008 (Germany, Chelsea) and Griezmann in 2016 (France, Atlético).
*Two players of Italy have won the finals of Champions’ League and Euro at same year: Jorginho and Emerson.
*Luke Shaw (England) has scored the quickest ever goal in the final game of the European Championship: 1 minute 57 seconds. It is also 2nd quickest goal in the finals of major tournaments (after Johan Neeskens in 1974 World Cup, 1 minute 27 seconds).
*Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) became the oldest goal-scorer in a Euro final (34 years 71 days), beating the previous record of Bernd Hölzenbein (Germany) in 1976 (30 years 103 days).
*Gareth Southgate (England) became the second man in history to be defeated in the European Championship penalty shootout as both the kicker and the head coach. In the semifinals of the 1996 European Championship vs Germany Southgate did not convert the decisive attempt in the series.
Another such person is Frank Rijkard (Netherlands) who in 1992 lost as a player in the semifinals of the European Championship via shootouts to Denmark and then as the coach was defeated same way in the semifinals of Euro 2000 by Italy. Unlike Southgate, Rijkaard converted his 11-meter in the post-match series.