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13-07-2021 | 14:07 Football
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Virgil van Dijk in disagreement with Gareth Southgate’s England decision

Virgil van Dijk seems to be disagreeing with Gareth Southgate's decision, after England lost EURO 2020 final to Italy in a penalty shootout. The Three Lions opened the scoring already in the second minute, thanks to Luke Shaw’s goal. However, Leonardo Bonucci equalised the score in the 67th minute. The winner couldn’t be decided both in the main and extra times so the game headed into the penalty shootout. Italy picked up a 3-2 win on penalties and were crowned EURO 2020 champions for the second time in their history. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Saka missed their penalties, as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved them all. The Arsenal starlet went on to take the last penalty, and it got saved by the Italian keeper, after which Southgate got criticised for putting so much responsibility on the 19-year-old. Former Premier League footballer Joe Ledley has stated that England boss should not have allowed “a young kid” to take a penalty ahead of a senior player. And van Dijk agreed with Ledley’s tweet by giving it a like. Source - Anfield Watch Join us on Telegram!/ Follow us on Twitter!

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