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Of. this morning all of italy is celebrating after their national soccer team defeated england to win the euro 2020 title. the final match decided in a penalty shootout. its italys first european championship since 1968. cnn is live in rome. good morning. whats the celebration been like there? is anyone sleeping? >> reporter: no, nobody slept last night. i dont think there were cars going around all over italy, and the city of rome was electric, it was live until 4:00 or 5:00 this morning. peo...

Majority of those england fans. as you watched it all crystallise into that penalty shoot out there was agony for sides. lets discuss that now. lets speak to italian football journalist, daniele verri. the last time they won was back in 1968, how big a deal was theirs for the team, for the fans, for the country? the team, for the fans, for the count ? ., . . the team, for the fans, for the count ? ., u, ., ., , country? you can imagine, it has taken us 53 _ country? you can imagine, it has taken...

Title since 1968. three black england players who missed kicks subjected to racial abuse online after the game. the english football association and prince william condemning the abuse saying those responsible should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. guys, certainly is a shame such an amazing sporting event like that euro final that we saw yesterday was scarred by people saying racist things online. >> the racist stuff just reprehensible, no question about it. from a purely sports per...

Morning brought sore heads and calm after the storm. the piazzas returned from football to food. seeking refuge from the heat, jan carla and herfamily. generations witnessing history. i hope you dont mind me asking, but do you remember italys last european victory in 1968? i remember, just because of my father, who was so happy. and i was a little kid then. and i thought oh, what a lovely thing it is! so it was also a revival of that. i wasnt watching the match, i was sleeping. but i heard every...

Phil foden — who is a doubt for todays game with a foot injury. but theres such a depth to the squad, and captain harry kane says they know how to approach big games. i always thought there is an extra level of excitement and anticipation, but that is part and parcel of playing in majorfootball. a lot of us have been at the highest level in our club careers and a few of us have had the opportunity in the world cup, if you, so it is about staying calm, staying as relentless as we can add lookin...

But also how the dreams of their compatriots in italy are resting on their shoulders. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports from rome. from every piazza comes the message... this is the moment for italy to shine. in romes campo de fiori, the mood — and the temperature — are building. but even the chance of italys first european football title since 1968 doesnt get this nation away from a serene lunch. and also very positive. you think that italy will do well? yes, i think so. this is a beauti...

Half hours. it really is countdown time. to get to wembley, it will take them about a0 minutes. and there we have him, leading the team out later onto the pitch, harry the england captain. just climbing onto the team bus to face italy. it is a lot of pressure. history, actually, for both sides, this evening. england obviously want to break that 55 year drought. and italy want to win another championship, the last one was in 1968. gareth southgate, the manager who has looked after this young, suc...

Place will arrive around an hour before the pitch side, they will have around a0 minutes to walk around themselves on the pitch, familiarise themselves with the surroundings again and before that closing ceremony begins at around 7:a5pm. we will see the red arrows fly overhead as well before we edge closer to kick—off, around 67,000 fans will be inside here later, and it will be a sell—out, around 6000 of those will be italian fans, many, many more, 58,000 england fans will create a very mem...

These people move a bit of the way, you can see the italian flags waving there, a sense of complete elation here and in the heart of rome, this means a lot for italy, both in footballing terms and the second european champion title for italy since 1968. the second ever and also in terms of the mood of the country, just a country that is had a torrid year and a half of covid—19 and the economic fallout from that and now theyve absolutely got something to celebrate. they something small about an...

The substitutions that he brought on in the later stages of the second period that with the penalty shoot—out in mind, marcus rushford came on with a penalty shoot—out looming in an ultimately unfortunately for them, this contributed to that defeat at the end for england and giving england the hope for the penalty shoot—out when the pound to 3—2 ultimately though, after this to mrs that led to and getting the chance to bring them back and the penalty shoot, ultimately his penalty was sav...