The Italian football team has probably committed a foul off the field.

Matteo Piantedosi, current Prefect of Rome, has said that Azzurri's open-bus parade following their Euro 2020 triumph was not authorised. "We had denied permission to celebrate Italy's victory in the European Championships on the open bus, but the pacts were not respected," Piantedosi told Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

Throwing light on the details, he added, "The meeting was precisely to decide what to do and for this reason we also directly involved the FIGC, which asked to allow the athletes of the national team to take a ride around Rome on an open bus, but it was clearly explained that it was not possible. We said we could not authorise them."

The Azzurri arrived back in Rome on Monday, and were greeted by elated fans who had gathered at their 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 coronavirus pandemic.

A cacophony of 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 Sunday to win its first major soccer trophy since the 2006 World Cup.