This is how the Italian, Spanish, French and Belgian newspapers celebrated the Azzurri’s victory
SASSARI. The Italy that wins the final of the European Championships by beating Spain on penalties is celebrated by the Italian newspapers with big headlines on the front page. chooses the Spanish language and speaks of “Fiesta”, while Tuttosport praises the Azzurri: “Che leoni!”. Corriere dello sport is desecrating as it shoots a full-page “God is Italian”.
Among the other newspapers of our country, La Stampa of Turin pays homage to Raffaella Carrà with an apt “Carramba che Italia!”, While the Messaggero of Rome underlines the “Final Wonder” with a large photo of Federico Chiesa.
Spanish newspapers float between pride and regret. The daily Marca shoots a gigantic “With honor” to emphasize the exit from the scene with their heads held high. For El Pais, the most authoritative Iberian newspaper “Spain deserved more but falls on penalties against Italy”. Abc can’t hold back the disappointment for the elimination with “Ouch Spain!” , while El Mundo remarked that “Spain falls with honor at the end of a great match”. The Razon opens instead with a regretful “Cruel penalties”.
The national team still earns the front page of the French sports newspaper L’Equipe which, in Italian, headlines “L’Allegria” with a large photo of the happy players after Jorginho’s decisive penalty and a subtitle explaining how “Italy, less convincing than in previous matches, he has regained his traditional skills to block the Spaniards and win on penalties ”. Finally, the Belgian Le Soir who on the front page has a large photo of the cheering Azzurri with the title: “Italy in the final at the end of the suspense”.
