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LIVE: Italy vs England

LIVE: Italy vs England

18' Bonucci switches play out to Insigne on the left and he lets it bounce before swinging a cross into the box first time for Immobile to chase. Maguire gets there ahead of him though and makes another clearance.

16' Italy are on the attack again, but they're struggling to find a way through England's compact midfield. Eventually, Jorginho goes long, picking out Emerson over the left, but Walker dispossesses him just as the offside flag goes up.

14' Shaw touches the ball through to Mount, who makes an overlapping run on the left. He cuts inside to get into the box, but Jorginho slides in to block him and give away a corner, which comes to nothing.

12' At 01:57, England's opener is the fastest goal ever scored from the start of a European Championship final. It surpasses Pereda's strike for Spain v Soviet Union (05:04).

10' Walker threads a good pass into Trippier on the right and he plays a first-time cross onto the edge of the six-yard box. Sterling is running onto it through the middle, but Chiellini gets there just ahead of him to block it.

8' CHANCE! Chiesa wins a free-kick just outside the box and it's Insigne that steps up to take it for Italy. He curls his shot over England's wall, but there's no dip on the shot and it sails high over the crossbar.

6' England are sitting back deep in their own half as Italy keep the pressure on here and Chiesa cuts inside from the right after he can't find a way past Shaw. He runs straight into Phillips though and he clears the danger.

4' Italy are pushing to get an instant reply here but Verratti's throughball is cut out by Rice on the edge of the box. He touches it out to Mount and Jorginho uses his hand in his attempts to win it back.

1' It's Italy that get the Euro 2020 final underway at Wembley! 

The teams are out on the pitch, the national anthems have been sung, and kick-off is just moments away!

This is Italy's 10th major tournament final (six World Cup and four Euros), with only Germany (14) having played more among European nations. Italy won the European Championship in 1968, but have lost their subsequent two final appearances in the competition (2000 and 2012).

Just one change from Gareth Southgate to the team that started against Denmark. England revert to a back three, with Trippier coming in at right wing-back. Saka starts on the bench.

Roberto Mancini was clearly pleased with his side's performance against Spain as he names an unchanged team to the one that started on Tuesday.

ENGLAND SUBS: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Conor Coady, Reece James, Jack Grealish, Marcus Rashford, Sam Johnstone, Jordan Henderson, Jadon Sancho, Tyrone Mings, Aaron Ramsdale, Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka.

ENGLAND STARTING XI (3-4-2-1): Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Harry Maguire; Kieran Trippier, Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice, Luke Shaw; Mason Mount, Raheem Sterling; Harry Kane.

ITALY SUBS: Domenico Berardi, Federico Bernardeschi, Alessandro Bastoni, Bryan Cristante, Alessandro Florenzi, Rafael Toloi, Alex Meret, Andrea Belotti, Manuel Locatelli, Francesco Acerbi, Matteo Pessina, Salvatore Sirigu.

ITALY STARTING XI (4-3-3): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Emerson; Nicolo Barella, Jorginho, Marco Verratti; Federico Chiesa, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne.

It's England first-ever appearance at the final of the European Championships and their first final at a major tournament since winning the 1966 World Cup. It took extra time to see off Denmark, with a goal from Harry Kane sealing a 2-1 win to get them through. As for Italy, they were taken to penalties by Spain after a 1-1 draw at the end of extra time and Jorginho netted the decisive penalty to win the shootout 4-2. They're now unbeaten in their last 33 games in all competitions, a run that started all the way back in October 2018.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Euro 2020 final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium!

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