Italy is considered one of the best teams in Europe in terms of numbers, but at the same time the “Azzurri” retains rare positions that accompanied it during the final matches of the “Euro”, most notably the “replayed match”.
Italy won the European Nations Cup twice, the last of which was in the previous edition, and the Azzurri reached the final four times.
The 1968 European Nations Cup witnessed an event that had never been repeated in the history of the tournament or in any other tournament, when Italy played the final against Yugoslavia in a match held on its home ground on June 8 and ended in a 1-1 draw, before the decision to replay the match was made, because the penalty shootout law had not yet been introduced. Two days later, the Italian public celebrated the first title in the “Euro” by winning the replayed match (2-0).
The second rare thing was negative for Italy, as they conceded the last golden goal in the 2000 edition, which witnessed the application of this goal rule for the last time, after it was applied for the first time in the 1996 European Nations Cup. The goal came from the foot of star David Trezeguet, who snatched the winning goal for France (2-1) with a fatal bite into the net of Italy goalkeeper Francesco Toldo in the 13th minute of the first extra time. The third rare thing that accompanied Italy in the finals was their biggest loss, after the Spanish national team succeeded in the 2012 edition in winning the title, by defeating its Italian counterpart by four clean goals, thus the Italians broke the previous record of the Soviet Union team for the biggest defeat, which came in the 1972 edition at the hands of Germany by three clean goals.
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