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On Sunday night England and Spain will face-off in Berlin’s Olympiastadion with the Euro 2024 title on the line.
The two nations have locked horns on 27 occasions over the past 95 years, but only six of those have come in major competitions and only three of them have ended in draws.
England have run out winners on 10 occasions with Spain winning 14, including five of the eight matches played across the past 20 years.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane with the Three Lions and La Roja to uncover their five most important meetings, shall we?
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Spain 1-0 England – 1950 World Cup
The first competitive meeting of the two nations came in Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium at the 1950 World Cup.
England had already suffered a humiliating 1-0 defeat to the USA in Pool Two and needed to beat Spain to progress to the knockout rounds.
Jackie Milburn saw an early header ruled out for offside and Tom Finney hit the crossbar after the break, but the only goal arrived on 48 minutes when Telmo Zarra beat keeper Bert Williams to the ball to fire home.
England’s team also featured Billy Wright, Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen but had to come home in ignominy.
Spain 1-2 England – Euro 68 quarter-final second leg
I know, you probably don’t remember this either…
The World Cup winners, England of course, were seeking to qualify for one of just four spots in the finals of Euro 68. Yep, the last-eight was a qualifier.
Bobby Charlton scored the only goal in the first leg at Wembley to give Alf Ramsay’s side a slender lead to take to the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid for the second leg.
That advantage was wiped out by Amancio’s early goal, only for Martin Peters to head England level on the night and ahead in the tie.
Norman ‘bite yer legs’ Hunter fired the winner with the aid of a deflection eight minutes from time to ensure…
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Author : Alex Hoad
Publish date : 2024-07-11 18:55:15
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