Europe has a new champion after Italy was coronated at Wembley Stadium on Sunday in a tense Euro 2020 final decided by penalty kicks. It put a cap on a memorable month that spanned the continent and featured a number of memorable moments, classic and dramatic matches and one life-threatening experience that, thankfully, became part of the feel-good story of the tournament.
We witnessed an astounding number of own goals—11 to be exact, or more than twice the number scored by co-leading scorers Cristiano Ronaldo and Patrik Schick—more than half of the knockout matches taken to extra time and one of the most entertaining days in the history of the international game.