Infographics: Italy-England history and the road to the Euro 2020 final Euro2020 News

Seeing how Italy and England beat another 22 teams in the Euro 2020 final race.

When: July 11, 2021
No.: Wembley Stadium, London
Shot: 19:00 GMT

Italy will host England in the final of the 2020 European Championship on Sunday.

Up to 60,000 fans are expected to pack up at Wembley Stadium in London to see England in their first Euro Cup appearance.

Italy, which won the championship in 1968, has gone from losing the 2018 World Cup to reaching the final for the fourth time in history.

It comes after an amazing 33-game losing streak.

The European Championship is the second most watched football tournament in the world after the World Cup, and the 2016 continental tournament attracts more than two billion TV viewers, according to UEFA.

Italy vs England, history

England and Italy drew 1-1 in March 2018 for the last time.

Both sides have 82 years of competition with the first match, which they drew 1-1 in Rome in 1933.

England dominated for the next four decades, not losing a single game against the Italians in 1973 until they lost 2-0 at the Stadio Comunale in Turin.

Played in Italy at the 1990 World Cup, the hosts won 2-1 in the third-place playoffs.

The last time the two nations played in a European Championship was in 2012, when Italy beat England 4-2 on penalties.

Non-winning race

Both sides have yet to lose a game in this edition of the tournament.

In the last 16, England beat Germany 2-0, and Italy beat Austria 2-1.

While England beat Ukraine 4-0 to reach the semi-finals, Italy had a tighter match, beating Belgium 2-1 in the main standings.

In the semi-final against Denmark, England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford broke the 720-minute record in his home country without conceding a 720-minute goal … A few minutes before England conceded the first goal of the tournament,

England won 2-1, each taking advantage of their own goal and controversial penalty, breaking the heart of Denmark after reaching the final quarters after losing the first two games and suffering a heart attack for midfielder Christian Ericksen.

Italy went on penalties in the semi-final match against Spain and the former won 4-2.

UEFA Euro 2020 football infographics Italy England

Italy eye second trophy, England first

The last time Italy won the championship was in 1968. England will play in the final of the first European Championship.

The European Championship was first held in France in 1960. The playoffs were created as a competition, with only the top four teams taking the main test.

Over the years, the number of groups that participated increased from four in 1960 to eight in 1980, 16 in 1996 and 24 in 2016.

For the first time in history, the tournament was played in 11 European cities.

Spain and Germany have won three euros each.