BERLIN — Spain and England will meet in the European Championship final on Sunday, with much of the focus on a teenage prodigy and the possibility of one of the world’s lowest-performing teams being able to end their decades-long wait for the title.
The match is scheduled to start at 9pm local time (7pm GMT) in Berlin and is expected to be attended by Prince William, King Felipe of Spain, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Keir Starmer, the new British Prime Minister. minister.
Spain is trying to win the Euros for a record fourth time, breaking the tie with Germany/West Germany, and for the first time since 2012. The team’s new star is winger Lamine Yamal, a prodigy who turned 17 on Saturday.
England, which claims to be the birthplace of football, has not won a major title since the 1966 World Cup and that was at home. This is the team’s second consecutive European Championship final, after losing on penalties to Italy three years ago.
The teams followed different paths to the final, which will take place at Berlin’s Olympiastadion – the 71,000-seat venue built for the 1936 Olympic Games and which hosted the 2006 World Cup final, which featured Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt. .
Spain have won all six matches and are widely considered the best team at Euro 2024, having beaten Germany and France in the knockout stages. England failed to impress in the group stage and showed resilience by coming from behind in all three knockout stage games.
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