After beating England in the Euro final, the Italian football team arrived back in Rome on Monday with the silverware and were greeted by elated fans, who had gathered at the team hotel to welcome them home.
Italians celebrated the European Championship soccer title as a new beginning not only for their youthful national team but for a country that's been yearning to return to normalcy after being hit hard and long by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Honking cars, fireworks and singing fans filled the night in Rome as thousands of people took to the streets after the country beat England in a penalty shootout to win its first major football trophy since the 2006 World Cup.
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