England v Spain: Will there be extra time in the final of Euro 2024 and how long? Will there be penalties?

Published 14/07/2024 at 14:52 GMT

England face Spain in the final of Euro 2024 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin this evening, with kick off at 20:00 BST. The Three Lions have scraped through each round to reach Sunday's showpiece, needing extra time to beat Slovakia 2-1, penalties to defeat Switzerland, and an Ollie Watkins winner in the last minute of injury time to overcome Netherlands. Will they need extra time again?

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England play Spain in the Euro 2024 final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Sunday.

Gareth Southgate's side reached their second European Championship final in succession after Ollie Watkins' dramatic winner downed Netherlands in the final minute of stoppage time at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, as The Three Lions came from behind to win 2-1.

Before that, England needed a spectacular late bicycle kick from Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane's header in extra time to overcome Slovakia in the last 16, before even another half hour could not separate them and Switzerland, with the score 1-1 at the end of 120 minutes after Breel Embolo's opener was cancelled out by Bukayo Saka's excellent left-footed strike with 10 minutes to play.

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England won the match on penalties, with Trent Alexander-Arnold netting the winning spot-kick.

Now, they face a much-fancied and on-song Spain side playing some of the tournament's best football under Luis de la Fuente.

La Roja beat France 2-1 to reach the final, coming back from a goal down thanks to a sumptuous curler from 16-year-old Lamine Yamal and goal from Dani Olmo after Randal Kolo Muani had put Les Bleus in front with a header on nine minutes.

The Euro 2012 champions beat Germany 2-1 in the last eight, and a 4-1 victory over Georgia preceded that.

Spain needed extra time and a 119th-minute Mikel Merino winner to beat Julian Nagelsmann's hosts in the quarter-finals.

Will there be extra time in the Euro 2024 final?

Yes, there will be the standard 30 minutes of extra time if the sides cannot be separated in regulation time.

If there is still no winner at the end of 120 minutes, then a penalty shoot-out will decide the new European champion.

England will be keen to put any lingering memories of the Euro 2020 final into the back of their minds, after Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka missed crucial penalties in the shoot-out defeat to Italy at Wembley Stadium.

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England v Spain head-to-head

The Three Lions lead Spain in the pair's head-to-head record, with 14 victories, while La Roja have 10 wins.

The latest meeting between the two sides, on October 15, 2018 in the UEFA Nations League, resulted in a 3-2 victory for Southgate's men in Seville with two Raheem Sterling goals sandwiching a Rashford strike.

The m onth before that, Spain had beaten England 2-1 at Wembley in the reverse fixture.