Euro 2020 Best XI

After a month packed with drama, entertainment, and some of the best players and teams on display, the 2020 UEFA European Championships are over. England made it to their first final in a major international competition for first time since their 1996 World Cup win, but couldn’t take the trophy home. Italy maintained their dominant qualifying form to win their second ever Euro title in a dramatic penalty shootout.

With the competition over, we’re doing what every website loves to do: throw out best XIs comprised of players cherry picked from across the tournament. It’s a totally hypothetical exercise that has no real value, but hey, it’s fun and we’re bummed Euro 2020 is over.

Lucas Panzica (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma 🇮🇹
Rightback: Joakim Mæhle 🇩🇰
Centerback: Simon Kjær 🇩🇰
Centerback: Giorgio Chiellini 🇮🇹
Leftback: Luke Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Center mid: Paul Pogba 🇫🇷
Center mid: Jorginho 🇮🇹
Center mid: Pedri 🇪🇸
Right wing: Federico Chiesa 🇮🇹
Striker: Patrick Schick 🇨🇿
Left wing: Raheem Sterling 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Ben Wright (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: Jan Sommer 🇨🇭
Rightback: Joakim Mæhle 🇩🇰
Centerback: Harry Maguire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Centerback: Giorgio Chiellini 🇮🇹
Leftback: Luke Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Center mid: Paul Pogba 🇫🇷
Center mid: Marco Veratti 🇮🇹
Center mid: Pedri 🇪🇸
Right wing: Lorenzo Insigne 🇮🇹
Striker: Patrick Schick 🇨🇿
Left wing: Emil Forsberg 🇸🇪

Andy Simmons (3-4-3)

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma 🇮🇹
Centerback: Simon Kjær 🇩🇰
Centerback: John Stones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Centerback: Leonardo Bonucci 🇮🇹
Right midfield: Federico Chiesa 🇮🇹
Center midfield: Paul Pogba 🇫🇷
Center midfield: Pedri 🇪🇸
Left midfield: Luke Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Right wing: Raheem Sterling 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Striker: Patrick Schick 🇨🇿
Left wing: Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹

Gallery: Euro 2020 Best XI

All photos from UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images

Congrats to our own Lucas Panzica on his beloved Italy winning the tournament. He endured the penalty shootout like a champ.

Author: Ben Wrightis the Director of Soccer Content and a Senior MLS Contributor for Broadway Sports covering Nashville SC and the US National Team. Previously Ben was the editor and a founder of Speedway Soccer, where he has covered Nashville SC and their time in USL before journeying to Major League Soccer since 2018. Raised in Louisville, KY Ben grew up playing before a knee injury ended his competitive career. When he is not talking soccer he is probably producing music, drinking coffee or hanging out with his wife and kids. Mastodon

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