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Italy v England: The road to Euro 2020 final

A look at how Italy and England managed to reach the Euro 2020 final.

The Henri Delaunay Trophy alongside the Adidas Uniforia Finale match ball ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium. [Alex Morton/UEFA via Getty Images]
Published On 11 Jul 2021

Italy take on England at Wembley Stadium in London in the final of the 2020 European Championship.

Italy have not won the Euros since 1968 but the Azzurri are on an unbeaten run of 33 games since September 2018 and have never lost against England at a major event.

This is Italy’s 10th major final (six World Cups and four Euros), with only Germany (14) having played more among the European nations.

This will be England’s first appearance in a Euro final and their first in the final of a major tournament since winning the 1966 World Cup – the longest gap (55 years) between major finals (World Cup or Euros) for any European nation.

Italy started off their campaign with a dominant 3-0 win over Turkey. [Andrew Medichini/Reuters]
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England's Euro 2020 campaign got off to a winning start too with a 1-0 win over Croatia. [Laurence Griffiths/Pool via AP]
Another day, another 3-0 win for Italy. This time it was against Switzerland. [Andreas Solaro/Pool via AP]
England, however, were held to a goalless draw by Scotland in their second match. [Matt Dunham/AP Photo]
Italy's final group match - against Wales - was a bit closer with the former champions sealing a 1-0 win. [Ryan Pierse/Pool via AFP]
England sealed off their group campaign with another 1-0 win against the Czech Republic. [Neil Hall/Pool via AFP]
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Italy conceded for the first time in the tournament but managed a 2-1 win over Austria in the last-16. [Stansall/AFP]
England's Raheem Sterling was on show again as Germany were outclassed 2-0. [Matthew Childs/Pool via Reuters]
In the quarter-finals, Italy edged out world's top-ranked side Belgium 2-1. [Vincent Van Doornick/Isosport/MB Media/Getty Images]
England, meanwhile, enjoyed a scoring spree as they beat Ukraine 4-0 to reach the semi-finals. [Alessandro Garofalo/Pool via AFP]
A 4-2 win on penalties against Spain and Italy had reached another European Championship final. [Justin Tallis/Reuters]
An own-goal and a controversial penalty ended Denmark's fairytale run in the semi-finals where they lost 2-1 to England. [Justin Tallis/Pool via AFP]