EURO 2020 final preview - England vs. Italy
The UEFA Euro 2020 Final is an upcoming football match to determine the winners of UEFA Euro 2020. The match will be 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 will be held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 11 July 2021, and will be contested by Italy and England.
- Head-to-head
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 have been Italian victories: winning in 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.
- Match details
a. Match officials
- Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
- Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (NED) and Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
- Fourth official: Carlos D.C. Grande (SPA)
- VAR (video assistant referee) official: Bastian Dankert (GER)
b. Match rules
- 90 normal minutes (45 minutes per half)
- 30 minutes of extra time (15 minutes per half if both teams tied after 90 minutes)
- maximum of five substitutions*
c. Match start time
08:00 p.m. BST
*Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.
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