England and Spain will face each other in the final

• The results, highlights and surprises of this day of the competition. Main photo: EFE

England will face Spain in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday 14 July in Berlin, following beating the Netherlands 1-2 in the semi-final at the Westfalen Stadium in Dortmund, Germany, on Wednesday 10 July.

Xavi Simons scored the 1-0 in the 7th minute of the match to put the Dutch team ahead, Harry Kane equalised from the penalty spot in the 15th minute, following a review by the VAR and the on-field monitor of referee Félix Zwayer, and Ollie Watkins scored the definitive 1-2 on a half-turn around the turn in the 90th minute.

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Second final in a row for England

England will be in the Euro 2021 final for the second consecutive edition and for the second time in their history, next Sunday once morest Spain at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, following losing in 2021 at Wembley once morest Italy in a penalty shoot-out, with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma as the best player.

On 11 July 2021, following beating Denmark in the semi-final, the British team played in their first European final, with Luke Shaw making it 0-1 in their favour two minutes into the match, but Leonardo Bonucci equalised for Italy in the 67th minute, forcing extra time. Extra time ended in the same way. Only penalties remained for the decision.

And Italy won, despite the errors of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka. Harry Kane and Harry Maguire did score. Domenico Berardi, Bonucci and Federico Bernardeschi scored for the ‘Azzurra’.

Spain beat France 2-1 in the Euro 2024 semi-final on 9 July. This is their fifth Euro final, which they will play on 14 July in Berlin, Germany, once morest England or the Netherlands.

Lamine Yamal finished off a memorable performance with a first-half goal in the 21st minute, with which Spain equalised Kolo Muani’s goal for France.

Photo: EFE/JJGuillén

Dani Olmo then scored the second goal for Luis de la Fuente’s team and Spain held off the French team’s attempts to equalise in the second half.

Spain will fight for its fourth title following those it won in 1964, 2008 and 2012.

With information from EFE

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