It’s the climax of Euro 2024 on Sunday night, as Spain meet England in the final inside Berlin’s iconic Olimpiastadion.
The pair have made it all the way through to the showpiece as 24 nations have been distilled down to the last couple.
And there can only be one winner with the Spanish starting as favourites in their bid to win the European Championship for the fourth time, while their opponents seek their maiden crown.
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Final: Spain vs England – 21.00
Spain and England take centre stage in Germany on Sunday night, as they compete to be crowned Euro 2024 champions at Berlin’s Olimpiastadion.
A first tournament win since the 1966 World Cup is the order of the day for the English, but they have it all to do against a nation gunning for a fourth European title, which last belonged to them in 2012.
The Spanish made it a record-busting six consecutive wins in the tournament when they came through their Munich semi-final with France on Tuesday night.
16-year-old wonderkid Lamine Yamal produced one of the most magical European Championship moments in the last four, with his exquisite finish defying his tender years and setting his side on course for the grand finale.
His effort, days before turning 17 ahead of the showpiece, came on 21 minutes to cancel out Les Bleus’ eighth-minute lead courtesy of Randal Kolo Muani’s header from a Kylian Mbappe cross.
Impressive Dani Olmo then netted just four minutes later and that proved the difference in a 2-1 win.
It was the same score line but a much more straightforward result than the quarter-final success against Germany.
That took extra time to break the hearts of the host nation, as Mikel Merino’s last-gasp effort avoided a penalty shootout after Florian Wirtz had struck in the 89th minute to cancel out Olmo’s second half opener.
A more straightforward affair took Luis de la Fuente and his charges through the Round of 16.
They fell behind to a sucker punch from gallant minnows Georgia, but roared back for a 4-1 victory with goals from Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Nico Williams and that man Olmo again.
England have risen from the canvas so many times throughout their time on German soil.
And Wednesday’s thrilling comeback victory over the Netherlands was no exception, with substitute Ollie Watkins completing a fairytale rise from the lower leagues of club football to national hero when he netted an inch-perfect, 90th-minute winner.
Captain Harry Kane had earlier put himself in pole position for the golden boot when he won and beautifully converted a penalty in the 18th minute following a controversial VAR intervention that left Dutch coach Ronald Koeman fuming.
They had fallen behind to a stunner from Xavi Simons and it continued a run of Gareth Southgate’s men clinging on by their fingertips.
A penalty shootout was needed to come through a cagey quarter-final with Switzerland, as Bukayo Saka took his chance to equalize with ten minutes left to play before a perfect set of five did the trick after Jordan Pickford saved the first from the Swiss from 12 yards.
It had been an extra time job in the Round of 16, too.
Jude Bellingham was the bicycle kick hero with practically the last kick of the game to pull level against Slovakia, with Kane heading home the winner early in the first period of the extra half-hour.
If not exactly as nerve-wracking, the pool phase was a grind for Southgate and Co.
Bellingham’s early header was enough to seal an opening 1-0 win over Serbia, before they were pegged back to a 1-1 draw with vanquished Euro 2020 semi-finalists Denmark despite Kane’s opener.
It meant they were through regardless of their final Group C match with Slovenia, in which a 0-0 draw secured top spot with just five points, as the pint pots rained down from the stands on a beleaguered Southgate.
Spain suffered minimal toil as they mopped up nine points from nine in a supposedly dicey Group D.
Croatia were put to the sword for a 3-0 statement win in the opener, as legendary Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric bid a likely farewell to the European Championship stage.
A 1-0 score line against holders Italy was scant reward for an utterly dominant performance, while Albania were also seen off by the same result.
Spain v England
| Result prediction | Spain to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Spain / Spain to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | Dani Olmo(Spain), H. Kane(England) |