England's soccer title drought continues after falling to Italy in dramatic Euro final

It's not coming home.

The English national soccer team will have to wait at least another year to win their first major international championship since the 1966 World Cup after falling to Italy in the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship final on Sunday.

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The match remained a 1-1 stalemate through the rest of regulation and the 30-minute extra time period, setting up a decisive penalty shootout that ended with a dramatic save from Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to seal the deal for the Azzurri, who capped an impressive return to form after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

Both sides will now have their sights set on qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar next winter.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.