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England manager Gareth Southgate believes Spain are \u2018rightly favourites\u2019 to win this Sunday\u2019s Euro 2024 final.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Three Lions will face La Roja at the Olympiastadion in Berlin this weekend \u2013 England have never won a European Championship, while Spain are on the hunt for a record fourth title.<\/p>\n
Spain have dazzled at\u00a0Euro 2024\u00a0playing an attractive brand of direct football that is a slight departure from their famed Tika Taka style, but England stumbled through the early stages of the tournament before finally clicking into gear in the last couple of rounds.<\/p>\n
Speaking after Wednesday\u2019s semi-final victory against the Netherlands, Southgate admitted Spain are a tough opponent and\u00a0England\u00a0will have to be \u2018perfect\u2019 in order to win.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey would be rightly favourites for what they have done this tournament,\u201d\u00a0Southgate\u00a0said. \u201cThey have been the best team. They have got a day longer and in the last three finals, maybe more, it has been quite significant so we have got to get our recovery spot on. Tactically we will have to be perfect as they are such a good side.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are a bloody good side. Let\u2019s pitch it right. We have got to be perfect to win this game and we will have to find everything that we have got from within us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Southgate had\u00a0earlier joked\u00a0that England would need to keep Spain off the ball if they are to emerge victorious in Berlin.<\/p>\n
The Spanish national team and their associated clubs are unbeaten in their last 26 finals combined. Southgate found himself on a losing team as a player as part of this streak, with his Middlesbrough side beaten by Sevilla in the 2006 UEFA Cup final \u2013 Jesus Navas featured for Sevilla that night and could play in Sunday\u2019s encounter aged 38.<\/p>\n
England manager Gareth Southgate believes Spain are \u2018rightly favourites\u2019 to win this Sunday\u2019s Euro 2024 final. The Three Lions will face La Roja at the Olympiastadion in Berlin this weekend \u2013 England have never won a European Championship, while Spain are on the hunt for a record fourth title. Spain have dazzled at\u00a0Euro 2024\u00a0playing an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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