This year's European Championship final will be italy and England competing for the championship of the tournament, in terms of the strength of the two armies, it is absolutely equal, I believe there will be a battle. In fact, the two armies have met from time to time in international official competitions in recent years, and England is a team in the ascendant, and the following is the scene when the two armies have met in official international competitions in the past 30 years:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > event: 1990 World Cup third place</h1>
Date of competition: 07/07/1990
Final score: Italy 2-1 England
Goalscorers: Robert Baggio, Salvatore Skiracchi, David Pratt
Italy, as the host country, has maintained a total victory since the group stage and has not conceded a goal to reach the top 4, which is regarded as the favorite to win the tournament, until the top 4 has been unconvincing for the performance of the tournament, stumbling all the way to the top 4 of the defending team Argentina, in the lead of one goal, in the second half by Claudio Caniggia and equalized, and lost the first goal in the tournament, and finally lost to the penalty shootout and failed to advance to the final. England on the other side overtook Ireland, the Netherlands and other opponents in the group to qualify first, and narrowly defeated Belgium and Cameroon in the round of 16 and 8 respectively to advance to the top 4, facing old enemies West Germany in the round of 4, and in the second half was hit by the opponent's Bremer main set-piece and hit Parker to change direction and fell behind first, the scorer Gary Reinkel scored before the end of the game and equalized, and finally won the penalty shootout, resulting in England losing the final. The two armies played each other in the third place, the two sides did not record each other in the first half; in the second half, Italy grasped a serious mistake against the opponent, Peter Hilton was stolen from behind by Robert Baggio, the ball fell at the feet of Salvatore Skiracchi, who then passed robert Baggio to shoot into the empty goal and opened the record first, although David Pratt received a cross 10 minutes later to equalize, but 5 minutes later Parker kicked down Salvatore Skirac in the box and was sent off a penalty, who personally broke the net. And set his own victory in the Golden Boot, resulting in Italy winning 2-1 and winning the third place.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > event: 1998 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers</h1>
Date of competition: 12/02/1997
Final score: England 0-1 Italy
Goal scorer: (Italian) Zola
The format of the tournament's qualifiers is the first team in each group, with the next team with the best result directly qualifying for the finals, while the remaining second-place teams will have to play play-offs to compete for a place to qualify for the World Cup. The two armies are in the same group as Poland, Georgia, Moldova and other teams, and in terms of strength, the first place will basically be contested by these two teams; england will be led by Glenn Hoddell, who succeeded Terry Venabours at the helm of the national team after euro 1996, and Italy, also led by former international and U21 coach Cesar Maldini after the 1996 Euro 1996 coach Cesar Maldini, who replaced the sacked Arigo Saki as the manager, and england took the lead in the first round of the first round. At Wembley against Italy, Glenn Hoddell unexpectedly replaced Sheringham, who was sidelined due to injury, with Matthew Lay Tihill, the attacking soul of Southampton, who had always been mediocre with the national team, and the goalkeeper was unexpectedly replaced by Therapist Goalkeeper Ian Walker, who was also inexperienced with International Tottenham Hotspur Goalkeeper, who was also injured, and the two performed less than ideally, Ian Walker was also unsuccessful in the first half 20 minutes, and Zora shot into the near post and lost the first time, while Matthew Ley Walker was also selected to play. Tihill failed to grasp the opponent's goalkeeper's strike error before half-time, failed to hit the target when receiving a cross, and failed to equalize for the team. England made a number of changes in the second half and pressed the opponent's attack all the time, but finally drank with a goal.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > event: 1998 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers</h1>
Date of competition: 11/10/1997
Final score: Italy 0-0 England
Goal Player: None
Since the Battle of Wembley in February of that year, the trend of the two armies has been very different, England has won all the following matches since the defeat of the battle, while Italy, although it did not suffer defeat after the battle, but successively drew away to Poland and Georgia, so that the team was one point behind England in the tournament, so the last round of the head-to-head match between the two armies in Rome became the key to the first place of the group, when the english who had the goal scorer Alain Shearer was absent due to injury, they only needed to draw and qualify Instead, Italy must win to counter-pressure the opponent to qualify. After the battle, the Italians controlled the overall situation, but in the face of the British army's iron wall defense, many attacks were fruitless, but the British army had a counterattack before the end, Ian Huli shot at the goalpost at a narrow angle, almost the first record, but in the end the team could only exchange white rolls with the opponent and watch the British first qualify.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > event: Euro 2012 Round of 8</h1>
Date of competition: 24/06/2012
Final score: England 0(2)-0(4) Italy
England was led by veteran coach Roy Hodgson in the tournament, giving a feeling of aging stars and mediocre hands, but in the group stage finally beat France, Ukraine, Sweden and other opponents to qualify first; Italy, coached by Cesare Prandelli, performed steadily in the group stage and followed Spain in the second place. After the takeover, the two sides attacked and defended each other, the first half had many shots, but the two sides did not record each other in the first half; in the second half, Italy gradually controlled the overall situation, but the final game was going to enter extra time, but the two sides still failed to score goals in overtime, and they had to score penalties with each other, England although the first two rounds of the main shots of Gerrard and Rooney shot in, but the next two rounds of Ashley Young and Ashley Cole have lost successively; in contrast, Italy only one person missed, the remaining rounds were shot, and the result was successfully eliminated by the British army and advanced to the top 4. The team eventually became the runner-up of the tournament.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > event: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D</h1> event
Date of competition: 14/06/2014
Final score: England 1-2 Italy
Goalscorers: Daniel Sturridge, Claudio Marchisio, Balotelli
The two armies were grouped into the same group at the tournament and met in the first round of the tournament, when the British army was still led by the veteran coach Roy Hodgson, the main players such as Gerrard, Lampard and other stars had aged, Rooney was also going downhill, Welbeck, Jordan Henderson, Phil Yagaucka and other mediocre qualities, so they did not give much expectation; and the Italian army led by Cesare Prandelli was not much better, Balotelli's state was erratic, Buffon was injured and troubled, etc., which became the hidden worries of the team to achieve good results. However, the Italians in the first match were relatively stable, although there were shots by Pirlo and Antonio Candreva in the game, but Claudio Marchisio's goal in the first half, coupled with Balotelli's achievements in the second half, helped the team to beat England with Daniel Sturridge's first half equalizer 2-1, the flag opened the victory, but the team lost to Costa Rica and Uruguay in succession, and finally won the group stage with England, who only scored 1 point in 3 games.