REVEALED: Jordan Pickford repeated his water bottle trick from the 2018 World Cup with notes about Italy's penalty takers before the Euro 2020 final shoot-out... and it almost worked with England stopper saving two penalties at Wembley

Daily Mail | July 13, 2021

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford repeated his trick of having notes about Italy's penalty takers taped to his water bottle in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley.

The Everton No 1 famously had details on his drinks bottle about Colombia's penalty takers in the 2018 World Cup second-round penalty win, a result that snapped England's dreaded shoot-out curse.

And it almost worked again on Sunday but despite saving two of Italy's penalties Pickford was on the losing side.

Jordan Pickford had notes on Italy's penalty takers on his water bottle in the Euro 2020 final

From one side, the notes show details about players who didn't take a penalty for Italy

The tactic nearly worked - Pickford saved two of Italy's penalties in the shoot-out at Wembley

Sportsmail pictured Pickford checking the bottle before the penalties at Wembley although from the angle of the images, none of the players listed on Pickford's notes took a spot-kick.