All eyes are now focused on the Euro 2024 final tonight after England booked their place to face Spain in UEFA’s showpiece match.
The Three Lions are into the final of the European Championship for the second consecutive time after a dramatic 2-1 win over the Netherlands.
Gareth Southgate‘s men were defeated by Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley three years ago, and they will look to put that right on Sunday to win the tournament for the first time.
Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins was the hero for England in the semi-finals, coming off the bench to fire a dramatic last-gasp winner.
It will be England’s first final on foreign soil after the 1966 World Cup final and the Euro 2020 finals were played at Wembley.
England vs Spain: Date and talkSPORT coverage
The showpiece final of UEFA‘s international tournament is taking place tonight – Sunday, July 14.
It will kick off at 8pm UK time, that’s 9pm in Germany.
It will be held in Berlin at the incredible 75,000-capacity Olympiastadion. This venue was originally built to host the 1936 Olympics and is now where Hertha Berlin plays their home games.
talkSPORT will have live coverage of the game presented by Adrian Durham. Commentary will then come from Jim Proudfoot, former England captain Stuart Pearce and ex-England striker Darren Bent.
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talkSPORT.com will also be running a live blog to cover all of the action.
We’ll be running our ever-popular talkSPORT watchalong with Jamie O’Hara and Jason Cundy, live from The Redwood Pub in central London. It will be live just before kick-off on the talkSPORT YouTube channel.
Our ‘Euro GameDay Live’ will also be live from BoxPark Wembley with Andy Goldstein and former England stars Razor Ruddock, Shaun Wright-Phillips and John Barnes.
England vs Spain: Team news
England XI: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Guehi, Saka, Rice, Mainoo, Shaw, Bellingham, Foden, Kane.
Subs: Alexander-Arnold, Trippier, Ramsdale, Konsa, Dunk, Gallagher, Toney, Gordon, Watkins, Bowen, Eze, Gomez, Henderson, Palmer, Wharton.
Spain XI: Simon; Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Cucurella; Rodri, Fabian Ruiz; Yamal, Olmo, Williams, Morata
Subs: Raya, Nacho, Vivian, Merino, Joselu, Torres, Grimaldo, Remiero, Baena, Zubimendi, Oryazabal, Navas, Lopez, Perez
England vs Spain: Path to glory
England topped Group C despite some underwhelming performances and then needed heroics from Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane to see off Slovakia in the extra-time in the last-16.
They then needed spot-kicks to see off Switzerland in the quarter-finals, with Trent Alexander-Arnold scoring the winning penalty.
Having now seen off the Dutch, it is a meeting with Spain in the final.
Meanwhile, Spain are the top scorers at Euro 2024 and have beaten every team they’ve played.
England
- Group stage: England 1-0 Serbia
- Group stage: England 1-1 Denmark
- Group stage: England 0-0 Slovenia
- Round of 16 England 2-1 Slovakia
- Quarter-finals: England 1-1 Switzerland (5-3 on penalties)
- Semi-finals: England 2-1 Netherlands
Spain
- Group stage: Spain 3-0 Croatia
- Group stage: Spain 1-0 Italy
- Group stage: Spain 1-0 Albania
- Round of 16: Spain 4-1 Georgia
- Quarter-finals: Spain 2-1 Germany
- Semi-finals: Spain 2-1 France
England vs Spain: Head-to-head record
Total games: 27
England wins: 14
Spain wins: Ten
Draws: Three
Major tournament meetings: Six
England wins: Three
Spain wins: One
Draws: Two
England vs Spain: What has been said?
Ollie Watkins predicted England’s winning goal when speaking to Cole Palmer before the game.
He revealed post-match: “I’ve been waiting for that moment for weeks. It’s taken a lot of hard work to get to where I am today. I’m delighted.
“I swear on my life that I said to Cole Palmer that he’s going to set me up today and I’m going to score. It’s the best feeling ever.
“There’s been a lot of criticism but we’re in the final and that’s all that matters. We’ve got that bounce back factor. Going behind seems to kick us into gear. We’ve won on penalties and come from behind.”
Jude Bellingham reacted: “We’re going to get criticism when we don’t play well but it’s important that we build that resistance to it and we come together and win these games. These moments are great, it brings us together as a team and a family. These moments make us more toegther and we take it into the final now.
“Ollie Watkins came on and took his opportunity. I’m buzzing for him. You’re not starting every game like you would for your club and it’s difficult.
“Spain have looked amazing, they’ve looked really good. We’ll sit down and understand how they play.”
talkSPORT will bring you live commentary of the Euro 2024 final on Sunday as England bid to make history against Spain. Tune in via the website or the app, and follow our live Euro 2024 blog for all the build-up.
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