And breathe. The European Championships ended in style on Sunday, with Italy lifting the trophy after an epic battle with England.

Our pre-tournament 11/1 selection got the job done, but the payout has failed to soften the blow of seeing the Three Lions defeated.

In our final Euro 2020 Diary, we look at three talking points from around the final, starting with some inevitable brainless behaviour by England ‘fans’.

Boneheads shame England

England’s hopes of beating Italy were cruelly ended as Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed in the penalty shoot-out.

All three players were racially abused on social media afterwards, and a mural celebrating Rashford in Manchester was vandalised. What is wrong with people

.@TobyTarrant addresses the racial abuse England players suffered for yesterday’s game. pic.twitter.com/aBYxBAJpkM

— Radio X (@RadioX) July 12, 2021

The neanderthal behaviour has been widely condemned, with right-minded people sickened by the actions of the racist boneheads.

Social media companies continue to do little to address this issue. Governments must force them to do so. Enough is enough.

BBC 4-1 ITV

ITV’s decision to stick with Sam Matterface and Lee Dixon as their commentary team for the final backfired spectacularly.

The TV audience for the game in the United Kingdom peaked at 30.95 million viewers, with four times as many people watching the game on BBC rather than ITV.

Goodness me. 25 million of you elected to watch the game with us on @BBCOne last night…as well as just under 6 million on @BBCiPlayer. Astounding numbers. Thanks for choosing us.