The European championships are now over and what an incredible tournament it was, with games taking place across Europe in different locations in what was a different format than we have seen previously. It certainly resulted in many critics, with some sides getting an unfair advantage over others with much less distances having to be travelled but there is no doubting the success on the pitch, and it turned out to be Italy’s tournament, as they also extended their remarkable unbeaten run that dates back to 2018.

This was following their failure to qualify for the World Cup, which was a shock, and no doubt has spurned the side onto achieve these incredible results in the last few years. It is now around three years since Italy were beaten and following the further unbeaten run in the European championships, they are now 34 matches unbeaten, which means they are also now just one match shy of equalling the record set. Based in recent results, they are going to be very much expected to long surpass the record set and break new heights for an international side and looking at the current odds, they are amongst the favourites for further success next year in Qatar at the World Cup, where they will first be looking to qualify. These eu casinos accepting uk players are also providing sports odds and are proving popular on the event.

The European championships really was all about Italy, who throughout produced the great performances and were the deserved winners. This started with progressing through their group with three consecutive victories. This started with a 3-0 victory over Turkey, before a further 3-0 win over Switzerland, with the latter going onto knock France out of the tournament, further showing how impressive this performance was. Italy then rounded out the group with a 1-0 win over a resilient Wales side to book their place in the round of 16. This proved to be one of the toughest tests for the Italian side and they appeared to be heading out of the competition, before Austria had their late goal ruled out and Italy then went onto get the better of them in the extra-time period.

Into the quarter finals and Italy produced potentially their most impressive performance of the tournament with a 2-1 win over Belgium, who were rated as the number one ranked side heading into the competition. They then backed this up with 1-1 draw with Spain in the semi-final, before going onto win the penalties 4-2. Italy then faced off against England at Wembley on an incredible night in London. England took a very early lead, before Italy got one back in the second half to take the game into extra-time. The score stayed the same and it resulted in another penalty shoot-out. Italy again held their nerve and picked up the victory and ultimately the trophy. An incredible run continued for Italy and can they now continue this and see further success in the coming years.