It's the first time in 53 years to win the European Cup! Italy won 15 consecutive victories + 34 undefeated matches

In the early morning of July 12th, in the European Cup final, Italy and England drew 1-1 in a 120-minute match. The Azzurri finally defeated England with a total score of 4-3 through a penalty shootout. This is the first time the Italian team has won the European Cup in 53 years. The 15-game winning streak of the Azzurri has once again refreshed the winning streak in team history.

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Italy successfully advanced to the knockout rounds with a complete victory in the current European Cup group stage and became the favorite to win the championship. In the 1/8 final, Italy beat Austria 2-1 tenaciously in overtime. In the quarter-finals, Italy defeated Belgium with the same score of 2-1 to advance. In the semi-finals, the Azzurri faced a strong enemy Spain, and the Italians advanced to the final through a penalty shootout.

In today's final, Italy faced England with homegrown fighting. The Azzurri suffered a fatal blow at the start, and within 2 minutes of the start of the game, Luke Shaw made a lightning strike for England. It wasn't until the 67th minute of the second half that the Italian had an opportunity created by a corner kick and Bonucci scored to equalize the score. In the following dozens of minutes of the game, the two teams failed to seize the opportunity, and overtime did not bring about a change in the score. The two teams finally came to a penalty shootout.

Belotti, who played in the second round, was the first to lose a point, but England quickly sent a "reward" in the third round. Rashford's penalty hit the goal post and popped out; in the fourth round, Donnarumma fluttered. Sancho took a penalty kick, but Jorginho, who played in the 5th round, failed to seize the opportunity to become the team's hero again. His penalty was saved by Pickford. In the final matchup, Donnarumma became Italy's "savior", he saved Saka's penalty, and brought the final victory for the Azzurri.

This is the sixth time in the history of the Italian team that it has won the World Championship. The number of championships is second only to Germany, which has won the World Championship 7 times in Europe. This is also the first time the Italian team has won the European Cup in 53 years. It is the champion with the longest interval between two championships in the history of the European Cup.

After being crowned as the European champion, the Italian team's winning streak has expanded to 15 games, and the Azzurri under Mancini once again set the longest winning streak in team history just created by himself.

At present, the Italian national team's consecutive unbeaten games have also risen to 34 games. The Azzurri is one game short of the 35 unbeaten record held by Brazil and Spain. The next match that the Italian team will usher in is the World Cup qualifiers that kicked off in September. It should only be a matter of time before the Azzurri tie and surpass the 35-game unbeaten record.