Italy and England.. full details of the European Nations final and date (UAE time)
Anticipation will prevail when, today, Sunday (at 23:00 UAE time), England and Italy meet in the final match of the European Football Championship at Wembley Stadium in London, which will witness an attendance of about 65 thousand spectators.
And the anticipation will be great in England, because the “Three Lions” team has not won the continental title at all since the start of the tournament in 1960, and has not even reached any final in it, and England feels that it is time to end a 55-year wait since it won a major title, specifically In the 1966 World Cup, which it hosted.
England started the "Euro 2020" tournament, as one of several candidates for the title, and benefited greatly from playing all its matches at home (except for one against Ukraine 4-0 in Rome in the quarter-finals), and the final will therefore be the sixth out of 7 matches played by a team The Three Lions at Wembley Stadium in London.
History does not stand on the side of England, which did not succeed in beating Italy in a major tournament in the history of the two teams’ confrontations, despite their rarity. Italy beat them on penalties in the quarter-finals of the European Cup in 2012, then renewed their victory two years later in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, 2-1 in the first round, but the two teams failed to get past the group stage at the time.
However, the two teams have become at the peak of their brilliance recently, as Italy started the continental championship with a remarkable victory over Turkey with three clean points in the opening match, and achieved victory after victory to raise its score to 33 games without defeat since 2018, led by its coach Roberto Mancini, who took over the task. After the failure of the Azzurri to reach the finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Italy will play its third match in this tournament at Wembley Stadium, after narrowly beating Austria 2-1, after extending the final price, and then beating Spain on penalties in the semi-finals.
The Italian team is looking forward to winning its second title in the tournament after 1968, knowing that it reached the final twice, losing in 2000 against France 1-2 with the golden goal, and then against Spain 0-4 in 2012.
Italy will play its tenth final in one of the major tournaments, knowing that it was crowned world champion 4 times in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006, and lost the final twice in 1970 and 1994.
Expected formation
Italy
Gianluigi Donnarumma is in goalkeeper, behind the defensive quadruple Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Emerson, and in the middle is a large share of Nicola Parilla with Jorginho, Marco Verratti, Federico Chiesa and Lorenzo Insigne, alongside striker Ciro Immobile.
England
England coach Gareth Southgate is seeking to bring the title to his country for the first time in English history, and it is expected that the England squad will include Jordan Pickford in the goalkeeper, behind the defense quadruple Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire, John Stones and Kyle Walker, and in the midfield, Calvin is likely to participate Phillips, Declan Rice, Raheem Sterling, Bukayo Saka, Mason Mount, and Harry Kane in the attack.
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