GOAL! Italy 0-1 England (Shaw 3')
MATCH FACTS
This is Italy's tenth significant competition last (6 World Cup, 4 EURO), with just Germany (14) having played in additional among European countries. Italy won the European Championship in 1968, yet have lost their resulting two last debuts in the opposition (2000 and 2012).
This will be England's first historically speaking appearance in an European Championship last, and their first in the last of a significant competition since winning the 1966 World Cup. It's the longest hole between significant finals (World Cup/EUROs) for any European country (55 years).
England are the thirteenth distinctive country to include in an European Championship last (checking Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic as one) – only three of the past 12 lost their first since forever last in the opposition: Yugoslavia (1960), Belgium (1980) and Portugal (2004).
Italy have completed as sprinters up of the European Championship on two events, losing to France in 2000 and Spain in 2012. Just Germany and USSR (3 each) have completed as other participants a bigger number of times than Italy in the opposition.
EURO 2020 will see England take an interest in the last while facilitating the masterpiece, the eleventh case of an European country contending in a significant competition last as hosts (World Cup/EUROs). Britain likewise did as such at the 1966 World Cup, beating Germany 4-2 at Wembley. Both of the last two European host country finalists lost the last (Portugal at EURO 2004 and France at EURO 2016); just one of the initial eight had lost their last before this (Sweden at the 1958 World Cup).
Italy have never lost against England at a significant competition (W3 D1), winning 1-0 in EURO 1980, 2-1 at both the 1990 and 2014 World Cups, and attracting 0-0 preceding winning on punishments EURO 2012.
England have won only two of their last 14 gatherings with Italy in all rivalries (D5 L7), winning 2-0 in June 1997 and 2-1 in August 2013 – both in cordial matches. In fact, England have won only one of their eight serious gatherings with Italy (D2 L5), 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier in November 1977.
This is the third significant competition (EURO/World Cup) last to be held at Wembley Stadium. The past two were both won in additional time, with England beating Germany in the 1966 World Cup, and Germany beating Czech Republic in EURO 1996.
Italy are unbeaten in their last 33 matches in all rivalries (W27 D6), scoring 86 objectives and yielding only 10 in this run. This is their longest unbeaten stretch of matches in the country's set of experiences.
Britain have won 15 of their last 17 matches at Wembley Stadium in all rivalries (D1 L1), scoring 46 objectives and yielding only five in this run.
England are unbeaten in their last 12 matches in all contests (W11 D1), keeping 10 clean sheets and surrendering only two objectives simultaneously. The Three Lions have yielded only one objective so far at EURO 2020, with four of the seven past sides to surrender only once in an European Championship competition winning the prize (Soviet Union 1960, Italy 1968, Germany 1972 and Spain 2012).
Britain's 2-1 success over Denmark in the semi-last was their eighth success in a significant competition match (World Cup/EUROs) under Gareth Southgate, moving him level with Alf Ramsey for joint-most triumphs by an England director across the two rivalries.
Italy have had 12 shots and scored three objectives because of a high turnover (open play arrangements starting 40m or less from adversary's objective line) at EURO 2020, more than some other side.
Between them, England (2.2) and Italy (2.3) have confronted less shots on track per game than some other sides at EURO 2020. Britain likewise have the most minimal expected objectives against count in the opposition up until now (3.2).
Harry Kane has been straightforwardly engaged with 28 objectives in his last 27 appearances for England in all contests (19 objectives, 9 helps). One more objective will see him become England's by and large most noteworthy goalscorer in significant competitions (World Cup/EUROs – right now 10, level with Gary Lineker).
England's Raheem Sterling has endeavored (32) and finished (18) more take-ons than some other player at EURO 2020. Seven of these have been in the resistance punishment region (the joint-generally), one of which prompted England's punishment against Denmark in the semi-last which prompted their triumphant objective.
Just Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (15) has begun more open play groupings finishing in a shot than Italy's Marco Verratti (9) so far at EURO 2020. In addition, just Kevin De Bruyne (13) has made a bigger number of chances at EURO 2020 than Verratti (12).
Italy's Roberto Mancini will be only the subsequent director to have won the English first class title to assume responsibility for an European country in a significant competition last (World Cup/EUROs), after Alf Ramsey who won the English first class title with Ipswich and the 1966 World Cup with England.
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