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Italy vs England Match Preview
Italy vs England will play at Euro 2020, in Final on Wembley Stadium, Sunday, 11 July 2021 at 20:00 (GMT+1). It is the most awaited duel of the year 2021 and will decide the European football champion for the next four years. In the last four direct matches between Italy and England, both teams scored and the last two ended in a draw, score 1-1.
Italy:
Italy has not lost a match since 2018, reaching an incredible series of 32 consecutive matches without defeat. At Euro 2020, Italy had a perfect course with four victories in regular time and one victory after extra time and one victory on penalties. In the semifinals, Italy met the most difficult opponent at Euro 2020, Spain, which they defeated in the 11 m shots, after at the end of the 120 minutes, the score was 1-1. Italy has the chance to win the European trophy for the second time in history.
England:
England also has a series of 12 consecutive matches without defeat and the presence in the final of the European tournament 2020 is not a surprise. The most difficult opponent for England in this tournament was Germany, which they eliminated in the eighth round, at the end of a perfect match. The English are for the first time in the final of a European tournament and if they win today they will manage to win their first European trophy. England’s advantage in this final is the fact that the match is played on their own field, the Wembley stadium in London being the host of the final. In 1966 England won the first and only major trophy, the World Cup which was also played in England.
Italy vs England statistics and possible teams
At the European Championships, Italy and England have met twice so far, the first confrontation taking place in 1980 in groups where Italy won 1-0, and the second took place at Euro 2012 in the quarterfinals. final, where Italy also won after penalty kicks. Never have more than three goals been scored in direct confrontations between Italy and England.
Italy: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Emerson; Barella, Jorginho, Verratti; Chiesa, Immobile, Insigne
England: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Rice, Phillips; Saka, Mount, Sterling; Kane
Italy squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Tolói (Atalanta)
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Marco Verratti (Paris), Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina)
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo)
England squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone (West Bromwich Albion), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield United)
Defenders: Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolves), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Atlético), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Ben White (Brighton)
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Dortmund), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United), Declan Rice (West Ham), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Jadon Sancho (Dortmund)
Forwards: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
* Possible prediction: BTS/YES
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