Route to EURO2020 Final: England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England will face Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley on Sunday.

Here, we take a look at the journey of Gareth Southgate’s squad through the tournament.

Group D

England 1-0 Croatia – Wembley, June 13

Raheem Sterling scored the only goal as England, playing the first of three group games at Wembley, made a winning start to their Euro 2020 campaign against Croatia, who had beaten them in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals. The Manchester City forward latched onto a pass from the impressive Kalvin Phillips to break the deadlock after 57 minutes. Phil Foden had earlier hit a post in a what was a solid start from Southgate’s men, who were never stretched by lacklustre Croatia.

England 0-0 Scotland – Wembley, June 18

England were booed off at full-time, but results elsewhere in the tournament meant they had done enough to book their place in the last 16 with one group match left to play.

England 1-0 Czech Republic – Wembley, June 22

Sterling again grabbed what proved to be the winner, the City forward heading in a cross from Grealish in the 12th minute.

Last 16

England 2-0 Germany – Wembley, June 29

Captain Harry Kane opened his account as England won a knockout game at a European Championship for the first time – and defeated Germany at a major tournament for the first time since the 1966 World Cup final. Sterling was again on target, breaking the deadlock in the 75th minute, before England survived a scare as Thomas Muller missed a glorious chance to equalise when he raced through on goal only to stab wide. With four minutes left, Kane headed home Grealish’s cross to settle the nerves – and unleash bedlam among the majority of the 41,973 inside Wembley.

Quarter-final

Ukraine 0-4 England – Rome, July 3

England reached the semi-finals of the European Championship for the first time in 25 years as Kane struck twice in a comfortable victory over Ukraine in Rome.

Tottenham forward Kane gave England a flying start at the Stadio Olimpico with an early goal from close range, before Harry Maguire powered home a header at the start of the second half. Kane then swiftly nodded in his second, with a fourth goal from substitute Jordan Henderson, who broke his England goalscoring duck, capping a fine team performance.

Semi-final

England 2-1 Denmark 1 (AET) – Wembley, July 7

Kane propelled England to just their second major tournament final as Southgate’s men secured a nerve-shredding extra-time win against Denmark back at Wembley. Mikkel Damsgaard had silenced the raucous home support with a stunning 25-yard free-kick to put the Danes ahead after half-an-hour. England were level when Simon Kjaer bundled the ball into his own net under pressure from Sterling. Neither side could go on to find a winner, with Kane eventually slotting in the rebound after his penalty had been saved by Kasper Schmeichel during the first period of extra-time.

The final whistle sparked pandemonium in the ground – and across the nation – as dreams of football coming home edged closer.