English football captain Harry Kane described the loss in a penalty shootout with Italy in the final of the European Championship as the worst feeling in the world. Failure in front of home fans at Wembley National Stadium will hurt until the end of his career.
Coach Gareth Southgate’s charge sent defender Luke Shaw to the lead after 117 seconds of play with the fastest goal in the history of Euro final matches. In the 67th minute, stopper Leonardo Bonucci equalized. Only for the second time in the history of European championships and for the first time since 1976, when Czechoslovakia defeated West Germany, there was a penalty shootout. Albion failed to win him for the fourth time in a row in the euro and lost 2: 3 in it.
“We should be extremely proud of what we have accomplished. We all want to win and it will hurt us until the end of our careers. But that is football. Since (fourth place at) the 2018 World Cup in Russia, we have made good progress and now we have to keep going, “Kane told the BBC.
“I couldn’t put more into it, the boys couldn’t put more into it. Losing on penalties is the worst feeling in the world. It wasn’t our evening, but we had an amazing tournament. We should be proud and have our heads up. We’re on the right track, Perhaps after this loss, we will take another step forward next year, “said Tottenham’s 27-year-old striker.
England did not beat Italy in a big tournament or in the fifth match. In the quarterfinals of Euro 2012, it was also not enough for her in the shootout. “We played against a very good team. We started perfectly. Maybe we pulled deep unnecessarily, holding the ball a lot. We had the game quite under control, we didn’t create much of a chance. They leveled after a corner kick and from then on it was 50 to 50. We got into the game in overtime and had several opportunities, “said Kane.
It was he who did not hesitate in the first series of penalties. Harry Maguire transformed after him, but subsequently none of the trio of alternating players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka won.
“They have to have their heads up. It was a fantastic tournament. Everyone can not change. We win together, we lose together. We will learn from it and grow up. It will give us more motivation for next year’s World Cup,” said Kane.
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