Euro 2024

GARETH SOUTHGATE has made a bold U-turn to his starting XI to face Spain in the Euro 2024 final.For the first time in the tournament, Luke Shaw will start to replace Kieran Trippier at left wing-back. Gareth Southgate has made a U-turn in his starting 11 to face Spain in the Euro 2024 finalCredit: GettySouthgate has faced a dilemma on the left of defence throughout the tournament. He took Manchester United’s Shaw – despite the defender having not played since February. Trippier was the one to shift over to his unfavoured side, firstly in a back four and then later a 3-4-3. Eyebrows were raised when the Newcastle man was even placed as a left wing-back to allow Bukayo Saka to operate on his favoured right side. READ MORE IN football Shaw made brief cameos off the bench against Switzerland in the quarter-finals and then in the semis win over Netherlands. And he was expected to again start of the bench with Trippier tasked with keeping tabs on 17-year-old sensation Lamine Yamal.But Shaw’s fitness will now be tested from the off after being probed on whether he would be able to play the full 90 minutes or even longer in the lead-up to the final. Shaw said: “It’s a case of taking it as it comes. Most read in Euro 2024England can win it if Gareth Southgate decides to be bolder… and it will add some gloss to a sub-standard EurosBy Phil ThomasTHEY’VE been booed by their own fans, the manager has been pelted with pints and were so dull even Gary “Mr Nice” Lineker branded one of their group games as s**t.Yet if England upset the odds in Berlin this evening, there’s a good case to argue the Euros will never have had a more fitting winner.Let’s face it, for all the nation has suddenly gone football-daft and started belting out Sweet Caroline again — thanks for that — this has been a tournament of trash.The big guns didn’t turn up, the big names may as well not have and, barring the first round of group fixtures, big thrills were harder to find than a sober Scotland fan.It has been a month of yawning, not fawning. Of exasperation, not animation. Four weeks of booze and boos.History will look back on it as the sub-standard Euros . . . and when it comes to sub-standard, we are in a league of our own.Initially thanks to the dross Harry Kane and Co served up in stuttering from the group of bored-to-death.Yet the three knockout ties weren’t so much about sub standards as the standard of subs. The reason England reached the final — and why they can now win it!Yes, Spain have been head and shoulders the best team in Germany, and young wingers Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal the stand-out stars.But for everyone from Yamal, 17 yesterday, to old head Dani Carvajal, 32, the Euros is a gruelling four weeks after a demanding season. Which obviously applies to England as well.That is why the strength of the bench has been and will be so vital, maybe even more than the strength of the starting XI.An area where Spain don’t come close to matching the Three Lions. See what I mean about sub standards . . . about where England have a clear and crucial edge?About why Southgate may well be Sir Gareth before long?If they stick it up the Senors tonight, the cries for an honour will be even louder than they were for his head. After all, it was Southgate who made the key calls against Slovakia, Switzerland and then Holland. All subs who raised the standard.Ivan Toney’s dramatic role in the last-16 great escape. Eberechi Eze and Luke Shaw saving the day against the Swiss. Cole Palmer and matchwinner Ollie Watkins’ semi-final heroics.Southgate has had the golden touch with his replacements and it’s hard to give him a dig in the ribs over that . . . in fact it’s hard to say he didn’t get them spot on.But I’m going to anyway.For although England would be on their way home now without their subs — or finishers as they are now, apparently — don’t hail it as the work of a tactical genius.There has been as much luck as judgment. There has been too much dithering. They have been made too late in the day. They have been reactive, not proactive.Toney was chucked on in the final minute against Slovakia. What was he supposed to do in that time? Even the player himself asked as much in the post-match conference.Eze, Shaw and Palmer changed the tone and the tempo in fighting back against the Swiss. But again, only after England had gone behind late in the day.And although Watkins hit the last-gasp winner to beat the Dutch, from Palmer’s pass, once more Southgate waited too long in turning to his bench.Time and again he leaves Kane on when he is out on his feet. Time and again he has left Palmer kicking his heels, despite impacting things whenever he appears.Southgate has got away with it so far but it won’t always be the case. As manager, he has to have the bottle to make changes earlier.Playing to your strengths isn’t rocket science and for England that is the bench — but only if you know how to exploit it.So come on Gareth, show us that you do!Who knows, we might even get to relax for the final few minutes . . . although I won’t be holding my breath.Read more articles by Phil ThomasCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS”I said before the semis that I was ready to go – and we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.”Shaw starts three years on from opening the scoring in the Euros final last time out.Honey the eagle predicts the result of the Euro 2024 finalThat night at Wembley it ended in penalty heartache but Shaw & Co get their date with destiny – this time against the Spanish. Shaw said: “It would mean everything. I think the bond we have here is extremely special. It’s not one I’ve been a part of before. “I think everyone is so together, everyone is really close and it feels like a big family and for all of us to win it together would be, of course, a very special feeling.”As a player, Southgate missed a penalty in the semi-final of Euro 96 on home soil against Germany. As manager, he led England to the 2018 World Cup semis and the final of Euro 2020 – with years of heartbreak waiting to end at the Olympiastadion. Southgate said: “As a player and an athlete, you view those failures in a different sort of way. “As a coach, manager, leader, you recognise what you’re doing well.”Had we gone out in the first knockout round here, I know I’ve managed this period better than I did in Russia (at the 2018 World Cup), but that wouldn’t be how it was viewed and it would sound like nonsense to the man in the street.”I completely understand that, but I know the job now and I’m really clear on being my own biggest critic, reviewing everything clearly.”I want to win so much on Sunday it hurts, don’t get me wrong, but I can handle whatever comes and I know it’s not going to change what the dog thinks when I walk back through the door.”Luke Shaw will start against SpainCredit: AFPKieran Trippier will be replaced by ShawCredit: Rex More

SCOTTISH and German pundits have given their take on who will win the Euro 2024 final.Scotland bowed out in the group stages of the tournament after failing to win a single game while hosts Germany crashed out of the competition after losing against Spain in the quarter-final.Scottish and German pundits had their say on the Euro 2024 finalCredit: RexEngland will face Spain in Berlin TONIGHTCredit: EPAScottish view – Bill LeckieWe Scots have tried to kick the whole Anyone But England shoulder-chipper, we really have.But you lot don’t make it easy for us, you really don’t.Don’t get me wrong, there’s loads to like about your team. Anyone who doesn’t appreciate Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka doesn’t get football, end of it.So if that’s all it came down to, wishing Gareth Southgate and Co. all the very best for a massive occasion tonight, my guess is your next-door neighbours wouldn’t have an issue.READ MORE ON EURO 2024OK, so maybe if you lost to a last-minute goal or had your hearts broken on penalties yet again, we’d order up a round of Schadenfreude: The beer that makes you feel great about other people’s misery.What we wouldn’t be, though, is glued to the box, wasting negative energy on praying for you to get humped. At worst, we’d be ambivalent. Tapas and rioja for dinner, that level of commitment to the cause.However, it’s not as simple as deciding whether or not we want your team to win.It’s about whether we want your COUNTRY to win; most particularly, those within your country who lack the awareness to understand that England isn’t Britain.Most read in FootballBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSFor instance, while I’ve been writing this, Channel 4 have announced a screening of the 1966 World Cup Final ‘to whet the nation’s appetite’.They did the same before the final of the last Euros, as oblivious then as now to the fact that, as a UK-wide broadcaster, ‘the nation’ isn’t just England, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland too.England fans gush ‘my manager’ as incredible footage emerges of Southgate going wild after reaching Euro 2024 final This is the bit a lot of people down south probably don’t get. You probably don’t realise just how far up the noses of the Scots, Welsh and NornIrish it gets when BBC weather forecasters say “in The North…and now in Scotland” when to us, The North means John o’Groats, not Salford.So let’s just say far enough that it would take a crack team of surgeons with an exceptionally long set of forceps to get all that indignation out.Most of all, though, our willingness to put Bannockburn to one side and try to be supportive is strained to breaking point by your commentators, their sidekicks and a battery of studio pundits whose performances make Amazon wonder why they’re over-run with searches for woad and claymores.Believe me, it takes a lot for Scots to stop boasting about tarmac, the telephone, penicillin and all the other stuff we claim to have invented. But when Sam Matterface, Lee Dixon, Micah Richards and Karen Carney are on, we forget the lot and instead give thanks to whoever developed the remote’s Mute button.What was on of the Beeb’s mic-men said the other night?“Denzel Dumfries there…a reminder to Scottish viewers that they were once in this tournament…”Then there was THAT penalty against the Dutch, a decision called ‘disgraceful’ by the Englishman’s Englishman who is Gary Neville; yet one which Ian Wright instantly felt the need to play to the gallery by defending, apparently because for both of them to admit their team got lucky would summon Beetlejuice.In short, then, if you want to know why we Scots still stuggle to throw ourselves behind your cause, it’s stuff like this. It’s the lack of awareness. It’s the entitlement. It’s the jingoism.Plus, if you don’t mind me saying, it’s the fact that we cannot for the life us understand why you’re in another final yet half your country’s STILL slagging Southgate off.Good God, if it was us, we’d be…well, let’s leave it there, because how we’d be if we ever reached a final is a debate for another day.Most probably the one after hell freezes over.German view – Erik PetersA LOT of Germans still can’t understand why England are in the Euros final.They have played terrible football most of the time, while we were knocked out by Spain in the quarter-finals.But I just see the whinging from fans in my country as embarrassing.Of course, the English had more than their fair share of fortune as they went through extra- time, a penalty shoot-out and a 90th-minute goal to reach the final.But I still reckon it was impressive.To believe in yourself right to the end and to perform like that under pressure is the sign of a true champion.After all those decades of pain without a title, I don’t begrudge the Three Lions anything.I would be especially happy for Harry Kane finally win a title.Losing the Euro final at home to Italy at Wembley three years ago was too tragic. The whole country was devastated. But they managed to pull themselves out of the doldrums.Now, in Germany of all places, they are playing in their first final on foreign soil – and manager Gareth Southgate, who missed the decisive penalty against Andy Kopke in the semi-final at Wembley 28 years ago – can be the hero.When I met Southgate for an interview at St George’s Park ahead of the tournament, I found him to be completely relaxed and surprisingly at ease.When I asked him if his pain would be forgotten if England won the title in Germany, he replied: “No, because for the boys I played with at the time and for the manager, who sadly passed away last year, this was their personal chance. It’s not just about me.“It shows what makes him tick: his desire to unite a nation and give them back the belief that they can finally achieve something great.Unfortunately, his rather controlled manner does little to inspire the fans. It’s crazy that he was pelted with cups by his own fans after the 0-0 draw with Slovenia in the third group game.He countered not so much with words but with results. He has a clear plan, but it is one that the many ‘event’ fans, who would rather see ten goals a game, have failed to recognise.It means avoiding mistakes, being compact and tactically disciplined to deny the opposition their strengths – and ultimately relying on individual class up front. It pays off.After all, the big teams in club football do it too, as Real Madrid proved again this year by winning the Champions League. Jude Bellingham knows this too.It’s not about the beauty prize, especially at major tournaments. Nobody cares any more about how Greece won Euro 2004 or Portugal won Euro 2016.That would certainly be the case with England.After all, the English know how to play beautifully, but they have failed enough times. Now they suddenly have German virtues.We were European champions in England in 1996, despite some terrible football. Why can’t the English do the same with us?When I was a kid, I cheered for the Golden Generation of Michael Owen, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney. But they were destroyed by the high expectations.Now England have winners like Bellingham and Phil Foden. Any child can see that nobody is at the top of their game. All the more credit to the team for working as a unit – that’s modern football.Since I started covering England for the Bild before the tournament began, I’ve heard a lot of talk from the England camp about how well the team works together.I got to see just how good the atmosphere is when I faced new defender Marc Guehi at the dartboard before a press conference.”You look confident,” he shouted at me – before winning the game.And after reaching the final, Southgate gave me a hug.I’m already dreading hearing the Spanish battle song “Campeones, Campeones, ole, ole, ole” in my home stadium in Berlin.After all, we Germans haven’t won against them for 36 years.READ MORE SUN STORIESAnyway, I prefer the lovely chant “Football’s Coming Home”.It’s finally time for the motherland of football to make this happen. More

AARON RAMSDALE was praised by fans after he opened up about life as England’s number two goalkeeper at Euro 2024.Ramsdale is yet to play a single minute at the tournament in Germany this summer as Three Lions No1 Jordan Pickford has been on top form.Aaron Ramsdale was praised by fans after opening up about life as England’s number two goalkeeper at Euro 2024Credit: gettyJordan Pickford has been England’s No1 this summerCredit: reutersRamsdale is yet to play a single minute at Euro 2024Credit: gettyWith England playing the Euro 2024 final against Spain in Berlin TODAY, Ramsdale has reflected on his time in the squad.The Gunners keeper said: ” Out of a population in England of 60 million or whatever it is, I’m living all of their dreams. “And then there is one man living my dream on the pitch, and that one person is doing a hell of a job.”Fans on social media reacted quickly to Ramsdale’s comments with one saying, “A great player and an even better man.”READ MORE ON EURO 2024While another added: “Aaron Ramsdale is a class act.”A third then put: “That’s actually brilliant.”His words reflected the unity in Southgate’s squad as Pickford and Ramsdale have been spotted celebrating together throughout the tournament. The Arsenal shot-stopper has spent most of the season as back-up to David Raya.Most read in Euro 2024BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSHe added: “It was tough [being on the bench for Arsenal], it was tough. But I have my release now, I’m now here. “I’ve got the greatest honour, the greatest badge on my chest. If I play a minute or no minutes, it will be the pinnacle for me.”Watch Jordan Pickford absolutely lose it as he celebrates with fans after Ollie Watkins’ England winner vs NetherlandsRamsdale continues to be a man of the people as before England’s Euro 2024 opener in June he urged the government to have a week-long national holiday if the Three Lions win the tournament.Speaking on YouTube channel, That’s Football, Ramsdale said: “It has got to be a national holiday hasn’t it… for a week, because nobody is working.”England can win it if Gareth Southgate decides to be bolder… and it will add some gloss to a sub-standard EurosBy Phil ThomasTHEY’VE been booed by their own fans, the manager has been pelted with pints and were so dull even Gary “Mr Nice” Lineker branded one of their group games as s**t.Yet if England upset the odds in Berlin this evening, there’s a good case to argue the Euros will never have had a more fitting winner.Let’s face it, for all the nation has suddenly gone football-daft and started belting out Sweet Caroline again — thanks for that — this has been a tournament of trash.The big guns didn’t turn up, the big names may as well not have and, barring the first round of group fixtures, big thrills were harder to find than a sober Scotland fan.It has been a month of yawning, not fawning. Of exasperation, not animation. Four weeks of booze and boos.History will look back on it as the sub-standard Euros . . . and when it comes to sub-standard, we are in a league of our own.Initially thanks to the dross Harry Kane and Co served up in stuttering from the group of bored-to-death.Yet the three knockout ties weren’t so much about sub standards as the standard of subs. The reason England reached the final — and why they can now win it!Yes, Spain have been head and shoulders the best team in Germany, and young wingers Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal the stand-out stars.But for everyone from Yamal, 17 yesterday, to old head Dani Carvajal, 32, the Euros is a gruelling four weeks after a demanding season. Which obviously applies to England as well.That is why the strength of the bench has been and will be so vital, maybe even more than the strength of the starting XI.An area where Spain don’t come close to matching the Three Lions. See what I mean about sub standards . . . about where England have a clear and crucial edge?About why Southgate may well be Sir Gareth before long?If they stick it up the Senors tonight, the cries for an honour will be even louder than they were for his head. After all, it was Southgate who made the key calls against Slovakia, Switzerland and then Holland. All subs who raised the standard.Ivan Toney’s dramatic role in the last-16 great escape. Eberechi Eze and Luke Shaw saving the day against the Swiss. Cole Palmer and matchwinner Ollie Watkins’ semi-final heroics.Southgate has had the golden touch with his replacements and it’s hard to give him a dig in the ribs over that . . . in fact it’s hard to say he didn’t get them spot on.But I’m going to anyway.For although England would be on their way home now without their subs — or finishers as they are now, apparently — don’t hail it as the work of a tactical genius.There has been as much luck as judgment. There has been too much dithering. They have been made too late in the day. They have been reactive, not proactive.Toney was chucked on in the final minute against Slovakia. What was he supposed to do in that time? Even the player himself asked as much in the post-match conference.Eze, Shaw and Palmer changed the tone and the tempo in fighting back against the Swiss. But again, only after England had gone behind late in the day.And although Watkins hit the last-gasp winner to beat the Dutch, from Palmer’s pass, once more Southgate waited too long in turning to his bench.Time and again he leaves Kane on when he is out on his feet. Time and again he has left Palmer kicking his heels, despite impacting things whenever he appears.Southgate has got away with it so far but it won’t always be the case. As manager, he has to have the bottle to make changes earlier.Playing to your strengths isn’t rocket science and for England that is the bench — but only if you know how to exploit it.So come on Gareth, show us that you do!Who knows, we might even get to relax for the final few minutes . . . although I won’t be holding my breath.Read more articles by Phil ThomasInside Jordan Pickford’s penalty saving technique as he bids to be England’s Euros heroJORDAN PICKFORD has regularly been the hero when it comes to a penalty shootout for his country, writes Jon Boon.The England and Everton goalkeeper, 30, saved Manuel Akanji’s effort for Switzerland to hand the Three Lions an advantage in their shootout win in their Euro 2024 quarter-final.Now, with the help of Goalkeeper.com, we’ve uncovered Pickford’s penalty-saving technique.USES HISTORIC TRENDSPickford is well prepared when it comes to facing the ball from 12-yards.His water bottle trick has become infamous with the list of penalty takers and direction of shot taped on to it.But you cannot always listen blindly to most probable placements, and a goalkeeper’s intuition should also play a role.That human element remains important.UTILISES A MIXED STRATEGYBeing a goalkeeper is often called the ‘loneliest job’ in the world.And when it comes to penalties, your team-mates are solely reliant upon your strategy to save one.Often, we’ve seen goalies who prefer to favour one side – and continuously dive one way.However, Pickford adopts a mixed strategy.Sometimes, he will dive to the power side – saving from Jorginho in the Euro 2020 final.His save from Akanji in the Swiss shootout was made on the placement side.TECHNICAL EXECUTION OF DIVEGoalkeepers are hindered during penalty shootouts – with the Fifa rulebook meaning they have to stay on the line until the shot is taken.That means the lift off of your dive has to be executed a certain way.Pickford launches himself from his back foot behind the line, pushes his body weight forwards, makes no large negative step and keeps both hands active to make the save.This was put into effect when he made saves from Italy’s Andrea Belotti in 2020 and Colombia’s Carlos Bacca at the 2018 World Cup.France’s Mike Maignan, by comparison, takes a large negative step, and struggles to reach his posts.CLUB VS COUNTRY METRICSInterestingly, Pickford is better at saving penalties in shootouts for England than in his overall career average, and better at saving in shootouts vs in game.Clearly, Pickford performs better in an England shirt and when there is bigger pressure.Read our full analysis of Jordan Pickford’s penalty-saving techniques… More

SPAIN have brought in a 27th member of their squad ahead of the Euro 2024 final, according to reports.The three-time winners take on England at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Sunday night.Gavi has joined the Spain squad ahead of the Euro 2024 finalCredit: X @SEFutbolGavi has been ruled out with a torn cruciate ligament since NovemberCredit: GettyAhead of the match, another player has joined up with the players at their team hotel.Barcelona midfielder Gavi arrived on Sunday morning in a bid to boost team morale.The 19-year-old was welcomed by manager Luis de la Fuente and Spanish FA president Pedro Rocha.Footage shared to social media shows Gavi arriving at the team hotel, where he was greeted by both De la Fuente and Rocha.READ MORE EURO 2024 NEWSGavi is currently sidelined with a torn cruciate ligament injury which he suffered in their final qualifier against Georgia in November.The injury ruled the teenager out of Euro 2024, although four of his Barca team-mates made the squad.Standout performer Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Pedri and Fermin Lopez all made De la Fuente’s final 26-man squad.Gavi has scored five goals in 27 caps for Spain since making his debut aged 17 in 2021.Most read in FootballCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSHe was a part of their squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where La Roja made the last 16.The youngster played in all four matches and scored in their 7-0 group stage win over Costa Rica.Inside the Spain camp as England face even tougher test than France didEngland vs Spain recordEngland have played Spain 27 times in total – here is a look at every result…May 1929, Spain 4-3 England – International Friendly (L)December 1931, England 7-1 Spain – International Friendly (W)July 1950, Spain 1-0 England – World Cup (L)May 1955, Spain 1-1 England – International Friendly (D)November 1955, England 4-1 Spain – International Friendly (W)May 1960, Spain 3-0 England – International Friendly (L)October 1960, England 4-2 Spain – International Friendly (W)December 1965, Spain 0-2 England – International Friendly (W)May 1967, England 2-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)April 1968, England 1-0 Spain – European Championship (W)May 1968, Spain 1-2 England – European Championship (W)March 1980, Spain 0-2 England – International Friendly (W)June 1980, England 2-1 Spain – European Championship (W)March 1981, England 1-2 Spain – International Friendly (L)July 1982, Spain 0-0 England – World Cup (D)February 1987, Spain 2-4 England – International Friendly (W)September 1992, Spain 1-0 England – International Friendly (L)June 1996, England 0(4)-(2)0 Spain – European Championship (W)February 2001, England 3-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)November 2004, Spain 1-0 England – International Friendly (L)February 2007, England 0-1 Spain – International Friendly (L)February 2009, Spain 2-0 England – International Friendly (L)November 2011, England 1-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)November 2015, Spain 2-0 England – International Friendly (L)November 2016, England 2-2 Spain – International Friendly (D)September 2018, England 1-2 Spain – Nations League (L)October 2018, Spain 2-3 England – Nations League (W)Overall, England have won 14, drawn three and lost 10 matches against Spain.Gavi was also a member of Spain’s Nations League-winning side last year.At club level, he has made 111 appearances for Barcelona, scoring seven goals and adding 14 assists.Having joined the club’s academy from Real Betis aged 10, he made his senior debut just three weeks after turning 17.Inside the baffling, brilliant story of Lamine Yamal – from being bathed by Messi to doing homework while taking Euros by stormLAMINE YAMAL has confirmed his status as football’s next superstar at Euro 2024 – but has only been playing 11-a-side games for four years, write Jack Rosser.Spain’s incredible 16-year-old bent home the goal of the tournament so far against France as La Roja sealed the spot in the final.But his first five years in Barcelona’s academy were spent playing seven-a-side football, up until the age of 12 in 2020 when he finally got a crack at 11-a-side games.Yamal’s story is baffling, brilliant and barely believable in equal measure.He is a boy born to a Moroccan father and a mother from Equatorial Guinea, who turns 17 tomorrow and was cradled by footballing royalty at just six months old.Staggering pictures of Yamal as a baby being held and bathed by Messi, taken for a Barcelona charity calendar 16 years ago, resurfaced this week.He did not restrict his brushes with greatness to Barcelona either, with footage of Yamal as an academy player walking as a mascot with Spain and Real Madrid icon Sergio Ramos at an El Clasico in 2016.There is a touch of fate about this gem, Spain’s “little MVP”, as team-mate Nico Williams has dubbed him.Yamal has been doing homework in his spare time and received exam results during the tournament. He passed, obviously.Now he’s the youngest ever goalscorer at the Euros, also becoming the youngest player to ever start a major semi-final – claiming that title from Pele.But it’s Yamal’s humble approach on and off the pitch that most impresses everyone he meets.And France star Adrien Rabiot probably felt quite embarrassed as he boarded his plane back home from Germany.He had tried to intimidate Yamal ahead of their semi-final clash – telling Yamal he “needs to do more.”Was this good enough, then? Yamal responded with a goal for the ages and a man of the match performance.A season which started with a pre-season game against Tottenham where Yamal excelled but was overshadowed by Oliver Skipp scoring a brace will end on the biggest stage European football has to offer on Sunday.From being outshone by Skipp to eclipsing Pele’s records is not a bad year’s work – just imagine what he will do when he grows up.Read all about the incredible rise of Lamine Yamal in full… More

ENGLAND fans are drinking Tenerife dry as excitement for tonight’s Euros final hits fever pitch here in Tenerife.Brits holidaying on the Spanish island are scoring neat deals for drinks – with pints costing less than £1.England football fans in Tenerife buy England replica shirts from beach sellersCredit: Ian WhittakerBrit man wearing Jude Bellingham’s jerseyCredit: Ian WhittakerFootball fans in Tenerife are flocking to bars and restaurants for chap bearsCredit: Ian WhittakerA sign showing pints of beer selling for just one euroCredit: Ian WhittakerEngland fans watching live matches in Tenerife pubsCredit: Ian WhittakerAnd tourists from the UK have not been put off cheering on the lads, despite being on the opposition’s turf.Bars, clubs and pubs will tonight be jam-packed with football fanatics as England and Spain fans alike hope to net a win.As our lads prepare for the historic showdown in Berlin tonight, England fans have already started boozing.Donning their Three Lions shirts, they are necking pints and pitchers in the holiday hotspot’s busiest party towns.more on tenerife In the streets of Playa de las Americas, cries of “it’s coming home” ring through the resort as flags are proudly waved with the help of the sea breeze.Reece Hayes, 22, and dad Lee, 49, belted out Southgate You’re The One as they proudly sported their England jerseys.They refrained from singing Three Lions (It’s Coming Home), however, out of fear of jinxing the match.The father and son duo told The Sun they’ll be propping up a bar later to cheers on our side.Most read in Euro 2024Other England fans have been spotted buying football tops last minute from street sellers outside busy bars.Haggling with stubborn sellers, footie lovers have been snapping up tops for between 25 and 40 euros – dependent on their bargaining skills.They are hoping Gareth Southgate’s side can end decades of hurt by tonight smashing Spain for Euros glory.England have never won the Euros – but the whole country is hoping Harry Kane can lead the team to a much-needed victory.The Three Lions were catapulted into the final when Ollie Watkins netted a late beauty against the Netherlands.Flight prices to the German capital soared after England’s semi-finals success, but thousands of Brits are still scrambling to get there.Others secured flights to Spain to enjoy the clash in a party atmosphere with a jug of sangria in hand.A win for England in Berlin would mean the players could earn a combined £1billion during their careers from increased wages and megabucks endorsement deals. READ MORE SUN STORIESThe earnings league is likely to be topped by Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, 21, whose brand looks certain to outstrip even David Beckham’s, raking him in £400million.Elsewhere, a further £100million would be picked up by each of Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Kobbie Mainoo, experts predict.Pints are being sold for dirt cheap prices amid the Euro finalsCredit: Ian WhittakerBeach sellers selling replicas of football jerseysCredit: Ian WhittakerA wide range of football shirt replicas being sold to tourists visiting TenerifeCredit: Ian Whittaker More