England vs Denmark latest: Euro 2020 tickets being sold for up to £20,000
This is just crazy!!
Tickets for the Euro 2020 final at Wembley are being sold online for up to £20,000.
Seats are going for five figures on secondary ticketing websites despite UEFA regulations banning their resale above face value. I guess the regulations are not being enforced.
The high prices reflect the fact that all the tickets released by Uefa to the general public so far have been snapped up.
Two seats at Sunday’s game that will see Italy face either England or Denmark are being offered for £40,000 on the ticketing site Ticombo.
Another set of two tickets are priced at £18,816 with a further pair of seats on sale for £18,000 – meaning the total spend would reach at least £36,000.
Denmark have scored an impressive 11 goals at UEFA EURO 2020, with only two sides – the pair who competed in last night’s semi-final – netting more.
Hjulmand’s men have set a new national record for most strikes at a major tournament, surpassing the ten notched by the Danes at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
The key, according to Waddle, who will be co-commentating for BBC Radio 5 Live, is to just play your game.
“It’s not all about your opposition, it’s about how you play. You’ve got to a semi-final so you’ve been doing something right. If all your players play to their ability and perform, that’s all you want. Then, if you lose, you can only put your hand up and say, ‘we lost to the better team’.”
Since England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, 437 players have worn the Three Lions on their shirt – and just 45 of that number have kicked a ball in a major tournament semi-final.
One of the best features of Spain’s memorable Euro 2020 campaign was the manner in which Sergio Busquets answered his critics and the tournament has undone any prejudices.
With kick-off fast approaching at Wembley, some of sport’s biggest names have sent their best wishes to England ahead of their crunch Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark.
14 - England have won 14 of their last 16 games at Wembley Stadium in all competitions (D1 L1), scoring 44 goals and conceding just four. However, their one defeat in this run did come at the hands of Denmark (0-1 in October 2020).
43 - In their first two games at EURO 2020, Denmark had 43 shots and scored just one goal. The Danes have had a further 43 shots in their last three games, netting 10 goals.
Kane needs just two goals to become the Three Lions’ record goalscorer at major tournaments, with only Gary Lineker (ten) currently above him in the standings. Will the 27-year-old write his name in the England record books this evening?
Denmark’s last appearance in the EURO semi-finals was in 1992 when they won the tournament. The 29-year gap between their appearances in the last four is a tournament record.
721 - Jordan Pickford has set a new record for an England goalkeeper for most minutes without conceding, overtaking Gordon Banks’ 720 minutes set between May/July 1966.
Sando predicts Dolberg to score the opener.
