UEFA Euro 2020 Final

UEFA Euro 2020 Final

Italy England 1 1
After extra time Italy won 3–2 on penalties
Event	UEFA Euro 2020
Date	11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Leonardo Bonucci (Italy)
Referee	Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Attendance	67,173
Weather	Cloudy 19 °C (66 °F) 68% humidity
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The UEFA Euro 2020 Final was a football match that took place on 11 July 2021 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, to determine the winners of UEFA Euro 2020. Originally scheduled for 12 July 2020 and later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was the 16th final of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA to decide the European champions. The match was contested by Italy and England.

Italy won the final 3–2 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.

Venue

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 bids

The final will be held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, located in Wembley of the borough of Brent. On 6 December 2012, UEFA announced the tournament would be held in multiple cities across Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the tournament, with no host teams qualifying automatically. Wembley was chosen as the semi-final and final venue of the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee on 19 September 2014, having been selected by acclamation after the finals package bid of the Allianz Arena in Munich was withdrawn. After winning the hosting rights, London's standard package bid for group stage matches and an earlier knockout match was withdrawn. However, the UEFA Executive Committee removed Brussels as a host city on 7 December 2017 due to delays with the building of the Eurostadium. The four matches (three group stage, one round of 16) initially scheduled to be held in Brussels were reallocated to London, leaving Wembley with seven tournament matches. This was later increased to eight matches, as Dublin were removed as a host city on 23 April 2021, and their round of 16 fixture was reallocated to Wembley.

Wembley Stadium opened in 2007 on the site of the original stadium, which was demolished from 2002 to 2003. The stadium is owned by The Football Association and serves as the national stadium of the England national team. The original stadium, formerly known as the Empire Stadium, opened in 1923 and hosted several matches at UEFA Euro 1996, including the final between Germany and the Czech Republic. Wembley has also hosted every final of the FA Cup since the White Horse Final of 1923 (excluding 2001–06, when the stadium was being rebuilt).

Background

Italy have previously played in three European Championship finals; they won against Yugoslavia in 1968 on home soil after a replay, lost via a golden goal against France in the Netherlands in 2000, and lost against Spain in Ukraine in 2012. England are making their debut in the final, having previously been eliminated in the semi-finals on two occasions, in 1968, and in 1996 as hosts.

The final is England's first at a major tournament since winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup as hosts, the only other final they have reached. England also become the third nation of the 21st century, after Portugal in 2004 and France in 2016, to play in a European Championship final on home soil; however, both previous hosts lost their respective finals, against Greece in 2004 and Portugal in 2016. Apart from Italy's aforementioned win as hosts in 1968, the only other two occasions where a team played the final on home soil (Spain in 1964 and France in 1984) saw victory for the hosting side. Italy will be looking to win a major tournament for the first time in fifteen years, their last major triumph being victory in the 2006 World Cup Final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on penalties against France. This tournament success followed Italy's failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, the Azzurri's first absence at a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup.

The two teams have previously met 27 times, with their first encounter taking place in 1933, a 1–1 draw in Rome. Before the final, Italy have won ten of these meetings, England eight, and nine draws. Their most recent meeting was a 2018 friendly in London, also a 1–1 draw. All four of their previous competitive meetings at major tournaments, among them the group stage of Euro 1980, the third place play-off of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, the quarter-finals of Euro 2012, and the group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, have been Italian victories, including advancing on penalties in 2012.

Route to the final

Italy		Round	England
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Turkey	3–0	Match 1	Croatia	1–0
Switzerland	3–0	Match 2	Scotland	0–0
Wales	1–0	Match 3	Czech Republic	1–0
Group A winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes Italy 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout phase Wales 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4 Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0		Final standings	Group D winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Advance to knockout phase England (H) 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Croatia 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0 Possible knockout phase Scotland (H) 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 (H) Host
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
Austria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Round of 16	Germany	2–0
Belgium	2–1	Quarter-finals	Ukraine	4–0
Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Semi-finals	Denmark	2–1 (a.e.t.)

Match

Details

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11) 21:00 (20:00 BST UTC+1)	Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 67,173 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Bonucci  67'	Report	Shaw  2'
		Penalties
	Berardi Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	3–2	Kane Maguire Rashford Sancho Saka

Italy

England

GK 21 Gianluigi Donnarumma RB 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci 55' CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini (c) 90+6' LB 13 Emerson 118' DM 8 Jorginho 114' CM 18 Nicolò Barella 47' 54' CM 6 Marco Verratti 96' RW 14 Federico Chiesa 86' LW 10 Lorenzo Insigne 84' 91' CF 17 Ciro Immobile 54' Substitutions: MF 16 Bryan Cristante 54' FW 11 Domenico Berardi 54' MF 20 Federico Bernardeschi 86' FW 9 Andrea Belotti 91' MF 5 Manuel Locatelli 96' DF 24 Alessandro Florenzi 118' Manager: Roberto Mancini

GK 1 Jordan Pickford CB 2 Kyle Walker 120' CB 5 John Stones CB 6 Harry Maguire 106' RWB 12 Kieran Trippier 70' LWB 3 Luke Shaw CM 14 Kalvin Phillips CM 4 Declan Rice 74' RW 19 Mason Mount 99' LW 10 Raheem Sterling CF 9 Harry Kane (c) Substitutions: MF 25 Bukayo Saka 70' MF 8 Jordan Henderson 74' 120' MF 7 Jack Grealish 99' FW 11 Marcus Rashford 120' MF 17 Jadon Sancho 120' Manager: Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match: Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Reserve assistant referee: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Christian Gittelmann (Germany) Marco Fritz (Germany)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Statistics

First half Statistic Italy England Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 6 1 Shots on target 1 1 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 62% 38% Corner kicks 1 2 Fouls committed 6 5 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half Statistic Italy England Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 9 3 Shots on target 4 0 Saves 0 3 Ball possession 65% 35% Corner kicks 1 2 Fouls committed 10 2 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 4 0 Red cards 0 0

Extra time Statistic Italy England Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 5 2 Shots on target 1 0 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 57% 43% Corner kicks 1 1 Fouls committed 5 6 Offsides 3 0 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic Italy England Goals scored 1 1 Total shots 20 6 Shots on target 6 1 Saves 0 5 Ball possession 62% 38% Corner kicks 3 5 Fouls committed 21 13 Offsides 5 1 Yellow cards 5 1 Red cards 0 0

External links

• Official website
• BBC website