England have a 1-0 in the Euro 2020 final against Italy in what can only be described as the dream start for the Three Lions.
Luke Shaw scored the goal for Gareth Southgate’s team within two minutes of kick-off at Wembley stadium in London.
It was the fastest goal ever scored in a European Championship final.
The fastest-ever goal in a European Championship final.
— England (@England) July 11, 2021
Wow, @LukeShaw23. WOW.pic.twitter.com/dSI0naNCAC
The England Twitter account simply said ‘OMG’
OMG pic.twitter.com/NfNciLK4Eu
— England (@England) July 11, 2021
Prince George’s reaction summed up how England fans were feeling
🚨⚽️ | NEW: Prince George reacts to England’s goal pic.twitter.com/5JcXEYpaBL
— Politics For All (@PoliticsForAlI) July 11, 2021
Fans could hardly believe the early goal – which is the second time this tournament that the team have scored within a few minutes of the whistle (the first being when England went 1-0 against Ukraine within minutes... and went on to beat them 4-0).
Oh My God. Are You Shaw.
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) July 11, 2021
Holy plop
— David M Barnett (@davidmbarnett) July 11, 2021
BOOOOOOOMM!!!!
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 11, 2021
DJDKALALALALALAKAKSMZNXNXNXJDKS
— Nic English (@nicwenglish) July 11, 2021
Stunned
— Nigella Lawson (@Nigella_Lawson) July 11, 2021
— Oliver Young-Myles (@OMyles90) July 11, 2021
SIMON, LIGHT THE ANUS FLARE OF VICTORY
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 11, 2021
What a goal! 🤩 #Euro2020Final #ENGITA #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/NRRtoIkinH
— Tiny Football Car (@TinyFootballCar) July 11, 2021
WE EATING GOOD RIGHT NOW. https://t.co/gpm8zTv9VP
— Carl Anka (@Ankaman616) July 11, 2021
MAN LIKE LUKE SHAW!!! What a brilliant start by England. Let’s win this!!! 💪🏽🏴
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) July 11, 2021
STOP THE COUNT
— micha frazer-carroll (@micha_frazer) July 11, 2021
Has someone text Lee Anderson the score? #ItsComingHome #ENG
— Dr Rosena Allin-Khan 🏴💙 (@DrRosena) July 11, 2021
The Italians clearly intimidated by that rousing rendition of Sweet Caroline. What a start!
— Rene (@FIRenegade) July 11, 2021
My God Luke Shaw. What a beauty. What a start. Get in.
— WelBeast (@WelBeast) July 11, 2021
OMG!!! WHAT A START!!!
— Samantha Quek (@SamanthaQuek) July 11, 2021
TRIPPIER 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 SHAW 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
IT’S MIGHT ACTUALLY BE COMING HOME!!! #ITAENG pic.twitter.com/2VK4VgNbas
I am still shocked LOL what the fuck WHAT A START
— Grealish Stan Account 🏴⚽ (@thediyora) July 11, 2021
SHAWBERTO CARLOS
— 🏴megan townsend 🏴 (@mmtowns) July 11, 2021
Fix Up Luke Shaaaaaaaw! #ENG #ITA #ITAENG #EURO2020 #ThreeLions pic.twitter.com/PKXZAWXEhE
— FourFourTwo (@FourFourTwo) July 11, 2021
It’s so insane here. Amazing goal for England, in the first 2 minutes! This is why I’m so thankful to have EPL football clubs in America. People that enjoy it as much as I do. 🙌🏻#Euro2020Final #LFCDenver pic.twitter.com/xqfLq25D0B
— Missy | BlackLivesMatter (@Pr3stss) July 11, 2021
Fans are surprisingly calm.
I haven’t seen an England team this confident and calm in possession. Credit to Gareth Southgate and the backroom staff 👊🏾 #ENG #ENGITA
— Tunde A. | Creative Projects (@ChroniclesOf_T) July 11, 2021
Why do I feel surprisingly calm?! This isn't what it is usually like to watch England play 🦁🦁🦁⚽️🏴 #EnglandvsItaly #Euro2020Final
— Sam Jackson (@samjackson_WG) July 11, 2021
Controlled the game from start to finish. As calm and composed as any England fan could have hoped for. So so impressive
— Ryan Powell (@powellBFC93) July 11, 2021
👏👏👏🏴🏴🏴
We’ve got to get another goal … but England looking … well deserving to be in the final
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) July 11, 2021
But a second goal would be nice.
Well it's got one foot home - so far so good - but we need another goal early in the 2nd half ⚽️ #ComeOnEngland 🏴🏴
— Chris O (@EcclesGirl1) July 11, 2021
Grealish is going to come on and dance his way to another goal 🤌
— Bradley Russell (@1BradleyRussell) July 11, 2021
Please hold on boys and get another early goal in this second half #eng
— Joe 🏴 (@joeWh03) July 11, 2021
A long 45 minutes ahead here. Need another goal early here to calm the nerves 😬🤞🏻⚽️🏴🦁🦁🦁
— Scott K. McCormack (@scottkenneth83) July 11, 2021
England fans are already ‘big fans’ of the Dutch referee.
The referee when Italy fouls England players😭😤 #Euro2020Final pic.twitter.com/6SLZJ1RG25
— scarface (@slimerime) July 11, 2021
The referee right now #Euro2020Final pic.twitter.com/e0EJcoMEib
— Kojo Kuntu Da Lizard Killa (@1Perma) July 11, 2021
Irish legend Roy Keane had a typically Irish reaction to England’s goal.
🚨😂 | NEW: Roy Keane’s reaction to England’s goal
— News For All (@NewsForAllUK) July 11, 2021
pic.twitter.com/AhCjQ3VJVc
Half-time and the score is still 1-0 to England.
AND BREATHE.
— Tez (@tezilyas) July 11, 2021
Half way there!
Hell of a first half, come on England 🏴. https://t.co/CGNIt0tTXQ
— Anthony Ogogo (@AnthonyOgogo) July 11, 2021
half time.
— Carl Anka (@Ankaman616) July 11, 2021
look after yourself.
Heroic half. Shaw immense, Rice phenomenal. Not a bad performance out there.
— Daniel Hewitt (@DanielHewittITV) July 11, 2021
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) July 11, 2021
An Italian fan dressed as a pizza caused quite a stir.
Can I be Luigi babe? No, pizza. You have to be the pizza pic.twitter.com/UsCYMMFGBN
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) July 11, 2021
Not to sound horribly single but I want what this woman has pic.twitter.com/CT2K5KJokd
— shon faye. (@shonfaye) July 11, 2021
— Chris Rickett (@chrisrickett) July 11, 2021
andiamo!!!! pic.twitter.com/OtdtAmmav5
— Moya Lothian-Mclean (@mlothianmclean) July 11, 2021
when u realize he only thinks of u in one way: pic.twitter.com/HaYxmoCzdp
— Sebastian Gawker (@keepinitciviI) July 11, 2021
Do you ever watch a meme being born in real time. pic.twitter.com/LHVu6mOG9Z
— Meg Linehan (@itsmeglinehan) July 11, 2021
“I’ve got a well funny idea for the final...” pic.twitter.com/nM4lIlWGyf
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) July 11, 2021
Italy piled on the pressure at the start of the second half and fans were getting worried.
Absolutely adore how furious Pickford is every single time he’s forced to make a save
— Darren Richman (@darrenrichman) July 11, 2021
England could really do with a, second goal. Italy looking more and more dangerous.#ENG #Euro2020Final
— Mike Saffery (@MikhailaSafari) July 11, 2021
Only so long we can go without taking back control!! #ENG
— Garnish (@Garnish84) July 11, 2021
Hide behind the sofa time #ENG #ENGITA pic.twitter.com/ZW0NGvm9nS
— Stephen_Pay🏴🏴🇮🇱 (@StephenPay70) July 11, 2021
feeling increasingly sick #ENG
— rochelle 🏴⚽️ (@millrocky71) July 11, 2021
The pressure paid off for Italy as Bonucci scrambled home from a scrappy corner which England failed to defend.
England trying to control the Italians through shape alone has... backfired. Initiative totally with Italy.
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) July 11, 2021
I am going to go and crawl into a big calzone and cry #ITAENG
— little car carrying a football (@SophLouiseHall) July 11, 2021
Flex. #ForzaAzzurri
— Fidel Sasstro (@Sempervive) July 11, 2021
Guys, I’m watching with delay. The equaliser came 10 days after my last tweet.
— Fernando Duarte (@Fernando_Duarte) July 11, 2021
It's been coming that goal for the last 10 minutes. Needs a Grealish on now.
— Andrew Ogden (@oggypart3) July 11, 2021
do these italians not know how we live over here?? do they not see this weather? can they not find it in their gorgeous sun ripened hearts to allow us a simple win
— Beth McColl (@imteddybless) July 11, 2021
A pitch invader briefly distributed the game in the final stages of the second half.
There is a person on the pitch. It's all over for him tonight.
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) July 11, 2021
RELEASE the crowd-filmed video of the streaker
— Louis Staples (@LouisStaples) July 11, 2021
Pitch invaders, honestly. You spend all that time forcing through the gates & flattening stewards only to get chucked out early.
— Nick Miller (@NickMiller79) July 11, 2021
Streaker on the pitch. Wembley stewards are too overweight to catch him for a good minute.
— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) July 11, 2021
The match finished 1-1 forcing the game into extra time. Needless to say, things are tense.
Doesn’t get more tense than this- pic.twitter.com/fs8e4Tultg
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) July 11, 2021
This is tense 😬😬😬#ITAENG
— ReviewFootball (@ReviewFootball) July 11, 2021
ET. #EnglandvsItaly
— Simon McCoy (@SimonMcCoyTV) July 11, 2021
They need to bring Neil Diamond on.
— Adam. (@Rivettian) July 11, 2021
It’s a game of four halves? Sheeeeeeeee-it! #Euro2020Final
— Isiah Whitlock Jr. (@IsiahWhitlockJr) July 11, 2021
The introduction of Jack Grealish raised spirits.
If Grealish scores the winner they should abolish the post of England manager and just do everything by public vote.
— Rory Smith (@RorySmith) July 11, 2021
The nation just collectively went “HERE HE IS” at the sight of Jack Grealish getting ready.
— Gareth Southgate enjoyer Ryan Conway (@RJConway92) July 11, 2021
Camera lingering on that Mrs. Grealish 69 jersey
— Ian Williams (@Brock_toon) July 11, 2021
i need a himbo
— ཊལབསརངཧ (@David_Rudnick) July 11, 2021
im holding on for a himbo to the end of the night
Mrs Grealish 69: Man of the Match. #EURO2020
— Nick Walker (@nickw84) July 11, 2021
Introducing the #EURO2020 Player of the Match pic.twitter.com/aTJXp9e2bm
— Oliver Young-Myles (@OMyles90) July 11, 2021
At this stage of the night, we should inform you that Chiellini’s cynical foul on Saka has become a meme.
#Euro2020Final pic.twitter.com/eZjmeC7trA
— Ireland Simpsons Fans (@iresimpsonsfans) July 11, 2021
“I heard that Saka guy puts Pineapple on Pizza” pic.twitter.com/kmBxxX0Lp4
— Alex🇮🇪 (@AIex_MUFC) July 11, 2021
Someone tell Chiellini Saka is just 19 years😭😭 pic.twitter.com/6avvkjngT7
— Tuchel (@CFCTuchel_) July 11, 2021
FAM THIS IS LITERALLY HOW MY MAN ASSAULTED SAKA WTF pic.twitter.com/0vnFbUlT8h
— 🏴 WE’RE ALL ALONE IN THIS TOGETHER (@gabrieYSL) July 11, 2021
My man pulled Saka like pic.twitter.com/m8lpIL5Iqg
— John 🏴 (@JayAye0h) July 11, 2021
Chiellini when Saka counter pic.twitter.com/OMtTexQDXd
— Bodei_CFC (@BodeiCfc) July 11, 2021
“It’s like ice out there!” pic.twitter.com/449XThCMtJ
— Michaelangelo Friggere (@BigDirtyFry) July 11, 2021
Fans were up in arms that Jorginho wasn’t sent off for a late studs-up challenge on Grealish.
How is that not a red? #ENG #EURO2020
— D C (@DjDaveCee) July 11, 2021
Don't know how that isn't a red. #eng
— Adrian Charlie (@Adrian_Charlie) July 11, 2021
No one hurts our Jack. #ENG #EURO2020
— Nikki (she/her) 🧡 (@MusingsOfNikki) July 11, 2021
That was a nasty challenge on Grealish 😡😡#ENG
— Alan Wilkinson (@AlanWil29662916) July 11, 2021
I’m sorry but the more they show that challenge the more my leg/knee hurts #ENG
— Leonie (@real_smidget) July 11, 2021
Here we go then...penalties...
Why does it always come to penalties 😬#ITAENG
— ReviewFootball (@ReviewFootball) July 11, 2021
Luckily we’ve been historically excellent at penalties.
— Josh Berry (@JoshBerryComedy) July 11, 2021
Oh God, penalties. #Euro2020Final
— Liam O'Dell (@LiamODellUK) July 11, 2021
ALRIGHT WE LEAVE ANALYSIS FOR TOMORROW NOW (unless England lose) IT'S TIME TO GET BEHIND THE LADS.
— Muhammad Butt (@muhammadbutt) July 11, 2021
Tense...
