England’s media displays the country’s anguish after losing to Italy in the Euro 2020 final

Monday’s newspapers in England have shown the country's anguish after losing to Italy in the European Championship 2020 final. 

England’s hopes of winning a first major trophy in 55 years were therefore crushed as the entire world watched the shoot out defeat. 

The Independent's headline reads “Tears for heroes,” the front page of the Daily Mail reads “It all ends in tears,” while the Daily Telegraph led with “The ultimate agony … penalties heartbreak again” alongside a photo of coach Gareth Southgate consoling Saka, who missed the fifth spot kick in the penalty shootout. 

Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka failed to beat Gianluigi Donnarumma in the shootout.

The victory is therefore Italy's first European Championship since 1968. 

However, the Guardian's Barney Ronay praised Southgate and his team despite the disappointment over their defeat. 

Ronay wrote in the Guardian, "There will be pain in defeat. Down the years moments such as these have been met with a reflex splurge of blame, hurt, recrimination, tears, hurled plastic chairs." 

“But this was something else. For the last four weeks, and beyond that back to the sun-drenched pantomime of Russia 2018, Southgate’s fine, likeable young team has been a tonic, his clarity, decency and willingness to speak across football an uplifting thing at a time of dissonance and weak leadership elsewhere,” he added.