22 Years Since Thierry Henry Terrorised Italy In The Euro 2000 Final

22 years ago France beat Italy in the Euro 2000 final and Thierry Henry gave the likes of Alessandro Nesta and Fabio Cannavaro a torrid night.

However, few defences are quite as legendary as the Italian pairing of Nesta and Cannavaro, who played in an era when Italian clubs dominated Europe.

There they met world champions France, who'd taken the title by winning the World Cup on home soil two years earlier, and on the night they met Henry in glorious form.

A video of the Arsenal legend terrorising the defence has gone viral, and it's incredible what he was doing at just 22-years-old, and how many fouls are needed to stop him.

In fact, up until injury time, it looked like he would end up on the losing team, after Italy had taken the lead through Roma forward Marco Delvecchio in the 55th minute.

Time was running out when Sylvain Wiltord struck in the 94th minute of the match and then, for the only time in its short history, golden goal decided a major international tournament.

The rule, that meant the first goal scored in extra time ended the game, wasn't used for very long but David Trezeguet's 103rd minute strike meant it went down in history.

After years of brutalising defenders on the pitch, Henry is now not scared of going in on players off the pitch, in his role as a pundit on Champions League games.

Henry said the Egyptian should have waited till after the match to reveal his inspiration, following the English sides loss to the Spanish giants.