The Euro is over! What moments will be remembered across Europe in the years to come?

Sunday’s Euro finals brought the 2020/21 season to a close. Here are four highlights from the championship that will be remembered for years to come.

Patrik Schick’s goal

Every tournament has its memorable goal. Most of the time, it’s not the beautiful goals that stand out, but rather the unconventional ones. The World Cup in Brazil will forever be associated with Robin van Persie’s fishy goal, the Euro in France is memorable for Xherdan Shaqiri’s scissors, and the World Cup in Russia was graced by Benjamin Pavard’s strike against Argentina.

This year’s Euros were graced by Patrik Schick’s goal against Scotland. The Leverkusen striker curled the ball into the net with his left foot from the middle of the pitch, the run out goalkeeper David Marshall did not have time to return.

France vs. Switzerland

France and Switzerland’s eighth-final match was definitely the best. The Swiss were leading and could have increased their lead in the second half from a penalty, but they didn’t. That seemed to break them, as the French turned the game around within minutes and with Pogba’s goal they were already 3-1 up. But the Swiss bit back and equalised at 3:3.

There were a couple of chances in extra time, but no more goals were scored, so it was a penalty shootout. The first nine scorers converted them, until Kylian Mbappé missed Yann Sommer in the “overtime” of the fifth series.

Danish bronze without their star

Christian Eriksen’s collapse is probably unnecessary to write about. The Danes had zero in the column after two rounds of the group stage, they were without their biggest star, yet they were praised for their performance. In the last game, however, they blasted the Russians and moved on.

They knocked out Wales in the eighth round, knocked out the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals and tormented the English for 120 minutes in the final. Big praise for the players’ fight and behaviour immediately after Eriksen collapsed.

Penalty king Donnarumma

He had minimal work in the group stage, but in the play-offs he had to “turn up”. He already had a job in the Alpine derby with the Austrians in the eighth round, he also played well against Belgium, but his moments came in the last two games.

In both of them, a 1-1 draw resulted in a penalty shootout. Against the Spaniards, PSG’s summer signing saved a key shot by Alvaro Morata, and in the final he saved three penalties (Jadon Sancho and Bukay Saka), plus Marcus Rashford hit the bar. Donnarumma was deservedly named player of the tournament.

Source: Euro 2020