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Jorginho knew the Euro 2020 final was 'done' when Saka took England's fifth penalty

Jorginho has claimed he knew Bukayo Saka would miss his decisive fifth penalty in England's Euro 2020 final shoot-out with Italy as soon as he saw the teenager was taking it.

The Chelsea midfielder had just had his own penalty saved by Jordan Pickford, handing England a chance to salvage their hopes of winning the tournament at Wembley.

But as Jorginho saw the then 19-year-old making the walk to the penalty spot for England, he knew Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was going to save it.

Jorginho said he knew the Euro 2020 final was 'done' before Bukayo Saka took his penalty
Saka's spot-kick was saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma to hand Italy tournament victory
Jorginho said that as he saw Saka walking up, he knew the final was 'done' and Italy would win

Speaking to The Telegraph, Jorginho explained: 'I walked back (after missing his penalty) and it was a long, long walk.