Football was coming home – until it wasn’t as England sadly crashed and burned at the last hurdle during a penalty shoot out against Italy at the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship grand final on Sunday night.
After carrying the hopes and dreams of an entire nation on their shoulders, Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and the boys stalled in the face of penalties to hand victory to their Italian opponents.
Southgate shouldered the blame for England's Euro 2020 final penalty shoot-out loss to Italy and told his young side to hold their heads high after a historic summer came to a crushing end.
And a string of celebrities joined Prince William, Scottish tennis champ Andy Murray and Prime Minister Boris Johnson in congratulating the team
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