TITLE Euro 2020 is over. The Italian National Team (Timnas) came out as champions after beating England on penalties in the final match which took place at Wembley Stadium, London, Monday 12 July 2021 in the morning WIB.
In addition to the winning team, UEFA also rewarded a number of players with individual awards ranging from the best player, top scorer, to the best young player. The best player award went to the Italian national team goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma.
(Donnarumma, Euro 2020 Player of the Year)
The 22-year-old goalkeeper became one of Italy’s heroes in the final by successfully thwarting the last two executioners of the England national team, namely Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka (one more, Marcus Rashford’s shot hit the post).
Italy also ensured the title after winning 3-2 through high-fives. Meanwhile, the award for the top scorer, aka the top scorer, was won by the Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Then the award as the best young player fell into the hands of the Spanish national team midfielder, Pedri. The player, who has just turned 18, has become coach Luis Enrique’s first choice in the squad The Red Fury at the 2020 European Cup.
Pedri who won the trust paid for it with a slick appearance. Despite failing to achieve maximum results, the appearance of this player belonging to the Barcelona club deserves to be rewarded.
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Talking about young players, there is one name that was discussed at the start of the 2020 European Cup. The player in question is Kacper Kozlowski.
The Polish national team player broke the record for the youngest player by appearing in the European Cup at the age of 17 years 246 days. The record was created when Kozlowski went down in the Poland vs Spain match on the second matchday of Group E of the 2020 European Cup, Sunday 20 June 2021.
(Kacper Kozlowski, youngest player in European Cup history)
In that match, Kozlowski came on in the 55th minute to replace Mateusz Klich. Unfortunately, the progress of the Pogon Szczecin players in this quadrennial event is not as smooth as imagined
.Kozlowski only appeared twice while defending Poland in the group phase. Because, Biało-czerwoni-the nickname of the Polish national team- failed to step into the knockout phase after becoming caretaker of Group E.
However, Kozlowski’s name seems to be enough to steal the attention of a number of teams in the 2021 summer transfer market this time. Quoted from the page Sportsmole, Tuesday (13/7/2021), one of the Italian League teams, namely Cagliari, is a team that is reportedly quite seriously eyeing the player’s signature.
