Preview Spain vs England 14.07.2024

The grand final of the 2024 European Football Championship between Spain and England will be played on Sunday at 20:00 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, an arena with a capacity of 71,000 seats. It will be the first time that the two national teams meet in a final and for the second time that they meet at the Euros in an eliminatory phase after the quarter-finals of Euro 1996, where England won on penalty kicks , but would later lose in the semifinals to Germany, the team that would also win the trophy after the final against the Czech Republic. Returning to the duel between Spain and England, we can say with certainty that there are two teams that play a totally different game, therefore the confrontation in this final is expected to be a very heated one.

In its course so far, Spain has eliminated two favorites to win the tournament, Germany, the host of Euro 2024, in extra time with 2-1 and France, the main favorite before the start of the tournament, in the semifinals with 2-1 , but during regular game time. Another notable result for Spain was the group victory, 1-0 against the 2021 champions, Italy, after a match that they totally dominated. If we include the clear 3-0 victory against Croatia, a national team that reached the upper stages of the last final tournaments, Spain has impressed so far, although it has many very young players and is not among the favorites before the start of the final tournament . Spain has the chance to become the first national team to win the European Championship four times, currently tied with Germany, both having won three tournaments each.

Spain possible line-up: Simón; Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Cucurella; Ruiz, Rodri, Olmo; Yamal, Morata, Williams

On the other hand, the strongest opponent England met at this final tournament was in the semifinals, when they defeated Holland, the World Cup 2022 semifinalist, 2-1. Although they did not have very strong opponents, England showed incredible strength and mental strength, managing to come back every time in the knockout stages after being led 1-0. England wants this trophy very much, after three years ago they lost the final at home in the penalty kicks against Italy right at Wembley, and now when they will play for the second consecutive time in the Euro final they want to win this trophy for the first time. It should also be remembered that the artisan of these performances is Gareth Southgate, the coach who had to make some difficult decisions, leaving some important players at home but also had bad luck with others who were injured.

England possible line-up: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi; Saka, Mainoo, Rice, Shaw; Bellingham, Foden; Kane

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Prediction: Spain WIN @ 2.50