The Semi – final matches of the 2024 UEFA EURO that will decides the two national teams that will features in the finals of the competition that will be played on July 14, 2024 comes up tonight and tomorrow in two main German cities of Munich ( the Capital ) and Dortmund.
In the first Semi – Final that will be played tonight at the Iconic Allianz Arena, three time winners Spain that has one hundred per cent record in this competition will battle two time winners France that failed to score in an open play in this competition.
Spain ( La Roja) who are playing in their sixth semi – finals have been in excellent form in Germany, winning all five games scoring 11 goals and conceding only 2 goals prior to the match tonight.
In the EURO 2020 Semi – Finals, Spain lost 4 – 2 on penalties ( 1 – 1 aet ) .
In the second semi – finals which will be played tomorrow, July 10 2024 at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, past winners Netherlands will take on last edition runners up England to determine which team plays in the finals.
Netherlands Qualified for the 6th Semi – Finals for the 6th time and first time since 2004.
Spain and this edition host Germany are the most successful teams in the history of the tournament since inception in 1960 winning three times each. France and Italy have won the competition twice, while six other teams, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Demark, Greece and Portugal have triumphed once. Sixteen European tournaments have been won by ten national teams. To date Spain is the only team to have won the Cup Consecutively. Achieving the feat in 2008 and 2012 respectively. Spain are winners in 1964, 2008 and 2012. Germany won the Cup in 1980, 1972 and 1996. France won it in 1984 and 2000. Netherlands were Champions in 1988, while Portugal are winners in 2016.
Spain are the only national team to have won three Continental and World Cup titles in a row : EURO 2008, the 2010 World Cup and EURO 2012.
