The England women’s national football team will receive this Sunday Germany in the final of the European Championship, at the mythical Wembley stadiumwhich promises a record number of spectators since the 87,000 available tickets were sold. The match will be played from 13 (Argentina time), with transmission of ESPN and Star+the English will seek their first title against the Germans, with eight European titles in their history.
The RAbsolute record in the Euro -men’s and women’s- was held until now by the 1964 men’s final between Spain and the Soviet Unionplayed at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid before 79,115 spectators.
The This Sunday’s record will surpass the last men’s final (England-Italy), which was also held at Wembley (London) but it had 60,000 spectators in the stands since the coronavirus pandemic prevented all capacity from being sold due to distancing measures.
A England’s victory would also be a symbolic revenge, more than 100 years after women were banned from playing the sport in 1921without being allowed again until 1971.
The “Lionesses” are causing a sensation in this European Championship. For example, in the opening match between England and Austria, the attendance record for a Women’s Euro Cup match was already broken: 68,871 spectators attended Old Trafford.
In the Women’s Champions League, Barcelona FC shattered all public records at its emblematic Camp Nou on two occasions this year: in the second leg of the quarterfinals, on March 30 against Real Madrid (91,553), and less than a month later for the first leg of the semifinals of the same tournament, on April 22 against Wolfsburg (91,648). spectators).
The England women’s national team has been playing well and its figures Beth Mead and Leah Williamson, and Dutch technician Sarina Wiegman became household names in the UK. Since the arrival of Wiegman, 52, who was hired by the English team with the aim of winning the competition after having done so with the Netherlands five years ago, England are on a 14-game unbeaten streak.
On the opposite side they will be the Germans, with enough experience to fight for the ninth crown after having won eight European titlessix of them consecutively between 1995 and 2013.
England he lost the finals of the 1984 and 2009 European Championships, and his best performance in a major tournament was in the 2015 World Cup, where he reached third place. GermanyIn addition to his eight European titles (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013), he has accumulated two world titles (2003 and 2007), a world runner-up position (1995), an Olympic gold medal (2016) and three Olympic bronze medals (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008).
In the history of clashes between both teams, the German women’s team also dominates with 21 wins against 2 wins of the English and 4 draws.