- Title: Italy and Spain fans arrive at Wembley for Euro semi-final
- Date: 6th July 2021
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 6, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FOOTBALL FANS WALKING TO WEMBLEY STADIUM SIGN ON WEMBLEY STADIUM READING EURO 2020 ITALY FANS BLOWING TRUMPETS SHOUTING (ITALIAN) "FORZA ITALIA" (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ITALY FAN, LEO NAPOLI, SAYING: "I am quite optimistic. I hope that the team continues to play how they have been in the last games. My favourite is Lorenzo Insigne (SMILES AND TAPS HIS HEART) and my heart is Azzurri!" (SOUNDBITE) (English) ITALY FAN, EMILIO BALBAGALLO, SAYING: "I am so excited, I hope it is going to be a good match with all the teams. We hope we are going to win the Italian team obviously but we are here to enjoy the match the first thing." FANS WALKING TO WEMBLEY STADIUM FANS HOLDING ITALY FLAG MORE FANS WALKING TO WEMBLEY STADIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ITALY FAN, SALVATORE ATTINA, SAYING: "We are ready, we are here, we want to win, we want to make it to the final. All Italians have this dream, not just those who are in Italy, obviously, most importantly those who are here in London." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPAIN FAN, VICTOR ZARAGOZA, SAYING: "I'm very happy today. We hope we win the match, a difficult match because Italy plays good football but if we're lucky we can make it to the final and, why not, win against England." FANS WALKING ON OLYMPIC WAY KIOSK SELLING AND FLAGS AND SCARVES (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPAIN FAN, ALBERTO MUNARRAZ, SAYING: "Very happy about the semi finals. Let's go Spain! Azpilicueta and ten more." (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPAIN FAN, GEORGE COOPER, SAYING: "I am looking forward to it, hopefully. It should be a massive game, two massive teams I am thinking we should see a really good performance of a game of football but I definitely want Spain to win." VARIOUS OF FOOTBALL FANS WALKING TO WEMBLEY STADIUM
- Embargoed: 20th July 2021 17:21
- Keywords: Euro 2020 European Championship Italy Spain Wembley Stadium fans supporters
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Europe,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001EKPCNR3
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- Story Text: Thousands of Italy and Spain fans are making their way to Wembley Stadium in North West London ahead of Tuesday (July 6) night's Euro 2020 semi-final.
Italy, four-times World Cup winners stormed to the semi-finals after a thrilling 2-1 win over Belgium as first-half goals from Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne were enough to settle a gripping encounter against the number one-ranked team in the world on Friday (July 1).
Spain, on the other hand suffered more penalty jitters but managed to scrape past Switzerland winning 3-1 in an error-strewn penalty shootout after their plucky opponents clung to a 1-1 draw despite going down to 10 men to make it to their first major final since winning the tournament in 2012.
Spain are meeting Italy for the fourth Euros in a row, beating them on penalties in a Euro 2008 quarter-final, hammering them 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final and then losing 2-0 to them to exit Euro 2016.
The winner on Tuesday night will play either England or Denmark in Sunday's (July 11) final. England and Denmark play at Wembley in the second semi-final on Wednesday (July 7).
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