England fans in Berlin rally en masse to roar on the Three Lions to victory in the Euro 2024 final - as supporters in Spain get set for a tense night behind enemy lines

England fans successful Berlin are rallying en masse contiguous to roar the Three Lions to triumph up of the historical clash with Spain astatine Euro 2024. 

Berlin's Olympiastadion volition beryllium packed to the rafters contiguous arsenic England's side, led by Harry Kane, takes connected Spain, led by Alvaro Morata. 

Around 40,000 England fans are acceptable to instrumentality their seats successful the stadium alone, which has a capableness of conscionable implicit 74,000. 

And supporters person already taken implicit Berlin, with immoderate unfurling an England emblem with 'Sir Gareth Southgate' connected it adjacent to the Brandenburg Gate arsenic others spoke of however the manager was vilified weeks ago, but remained stoic and took his squad to the brink of glory.

They acceptable disconnected flares and sang connected 1 broadside of the Wilhelmstrasse portion Spanish supporters danced and waved flags connected the different side. A fig of German constabulary officers stood on the road.

One antheral successful an England garment climbed atop a bear-shaped Euro 24 sculpture and a shot was thrown betwixt fans, portion Spanish supporters waved a emblem astatine a tiny bull toy.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer was pictured arriving astatine the Olympiastadion successful Berlin this evening, acceptable for the last to begin. 

Meanwhile, rival England and Spain fans person taken to the streets contiguous up of the 'battle of Benidorm'.  

In Berlin, supporters of some sides poured into the dedicated fanzone which has a capableness of 30,000 and boasts a immense surface flanked by goalposts.

Upbeat fans successful the German superior were assured their squad could spell connected to assistance the trophy.

Rival England and Spain fans took to the thoroughfare contiguous up of the Euros last - and the 'battle of Benidorm'.

Lads from some nations exchanged gentle banter up of kick-off arsenic they some proudly wore their squad colours.

Pretty young Spaniards dressed successful their reddish shirts paraded on Benidorm formation beforehand promoting wolf-whistles from bar-hopping Brits.

English lads were mildly jeered arsenic they walked past groups of friends who had driven from different parts of Spain for a play by the sea.

Cries of 'Come On England' and 'Viva España' were increasing arsenic the hr of reckoning came closer.

Rob Cheetham, 24, from Wiltshire, who has camped successful Essen since the commencement of the tournament, said:

'I deliberation the magnitude of times we've gone 1 down and travel back, nary substance what happens successful the commencement of the lucifer I'm inactive going to person hope.

'Even if we're losing successful the 90th minute, we've inactive got anticipation that we tin bring it backmost astatine the end.'

On the streets and plazas of Berlin, England fans appeared to hopelessly outnumber their Spanish opposition. Before midday, Three Lions followers were gathered astatine the trendy Hackescher Markt wherever bars were already doing a roaring trade.

 At Kilkenny's Irish barroom underneath the railway arches, supporters enjoyed a singalong to Oasis' classical Don't Look Back successful Anger.

Outside the bar, brothers Tom and Louis Youster said they travelled retired with a 3rd sibling, Charlie, 21, aft securing tickets connected the Viagogo resale website – paid for by their begetter – astatine a outgo of £1,200 each.

Charlie had lone conscionable returned location to Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, from the semi-final successful Dortmund erstwhile the tickets were secured. 'He lone had a fewer hours successful the location and past it was clip to crook astir and caput backmost to the airport, with america this time', Tom, a 23-year-old information expert said.

'He didn't deliberation we'd beryllium capable to get tickets for the final, different he'd person stayed.'

He said helium was 'hopeful' of triumph but acknowledged that Spain were 'the champion squad we've faced. Tom said of manager Gareth Southgate: 'You can't question him, he's got america to the final.'

'Louis, 17, added: 'I deliberation we've got capable successful this squad to win.'

At the riverside Friedrichstadt vicinity nearby, fans from Portsmouth to Chesterfield had hung Cross of St George emblem on the broadside of the span implicit the River Spree, wherever tourer boats passed underneath.

When 1 enactment vessel passed by, England fans extracurricular Murphy's Irish barroom connected the slope of the stream changed 'Eng-ger-land, Eng-ger-land, Eng-ger-land' astatine the boat, arsenic the passengers connected committee waved and clapped. The occasional German passer-by was treated to a rendition of 'You're s*** but you're birds are fit' by the bare-chested oregon replica shirt-wearing crowd.

On the bridge, Newcastle instrumentality Oliver Colligan was taking successful the atmosphere, harmless successful the cognition helium had a €95 (£80) Fans First ticket, affordable seats down the extremity which are reserved for members of the England supporter's question club.

Mr Colligan, from Newcastle, said his large woman was hopeless for him to instrumentality location aft England's semi-final, lone for the squad to triumph done to today's showpiece event.

'She's looking aft my aureate retriever, Bruno, who is named aft Newcastle United prima Bruno Guimarães. The canine is simply a spot of a livewire arsenic he's inactive successful the puppy phase. I deliberation she could bash with the help.'

As for the team's prospects, helium added: 'I consciousness similar we volition find a mode to triumph tonight, due to the fact that that's what we've done passim the tournament.

'I don't attraction if it's an ain extremity oregon penalties, oregon the shot comes disconnected somebody's arse and goes successful the net, arsenic agelong arsenic we win.'

As helium spoke, England fans Katie Hicks, 41, and hubby Adrian came implicit the span connected electrical scooters connected their mode to a German barroom nearby.

The scooters person proved a fashionable mode to question astir big cities and 2 and from stadiums for fans connected England's tally to the final.

Ms Hicks, from Doncaster, a caput of procurement, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said she booked the play distant for her partner's 43rd day agelong earlier the tourney began, and didn't realise the play mightiness clash with the final.

Mr Hicks, a onshore surveyor, said 'We're truly excited. It couldn't person worked retired amended – being successful Berlin for the final.'

Across the roadworthy astatine an Italian restaurant, champion friends Julian Swann and Matt Hill – and Mr Hill's woman Kathryne Walsh, each from Shirley, Solihull - posed arsenic English knights successful chainmail costumes.

Asked if Gareth Southgate should beryllium knighted if England bring the trophy location tonight, Mr Hill bellowed: 'Of people helium should – and I volition bash it!' earlier raising his inflatable sword.

Mr Swann, a father-of-one moving successful the vigor sector, said of the team's prospects tonight: 'I deliberation we volition triumph 3-1. There'll beryllium nary request for other time.'

Ms Walsh, a pub landlady, agreed and said: 'Yes, we're bringing it home!'

Property developer Monty Wouhra, 55, who with friends unfurled the emblem with a knighted Gareth Southgate connected it, said: 'Fair play to the man.

'He has taken a batch of instrumentality during this tourney and erstwhile you look backmost today, it was truly unfair.

'Gareth, oregon 'Sir Gareth' arsenic we similar to telephone him, has completed what seemed similar a ngo impossible. He has taken america to different last and immoderate happens, helium deserves to beryllium knighted.'  

Another England instrumentality James Funge flew into Berlin from Sydney connected a travel which took him 29 hours, and said: 'It is simply a nary brainer... Sir Gareth and it sounds truthful good.

'This bloke has had to enactment up with truthful overmuch implicit the years and has inactive taken america to 2 Euro finals and a World Cup semi-final.'

Mr Funge, who paid astir £3500 for his lucifer summons connected the achromatic marketplace and which had a look worth of £250, added: 'I enactment hard and my institution has astir 80 employees. When I near Australia connected Friday, I told them wherever I was going and told them to instrumentality it casual portion I was away!

'It wasn't an casual travel for maine and the level method problems astatine Istanbul truthful I had to alteration planes and picked up a hold determination and contiguous I'm feeling truly jetlagged.

'But I had to beryllium here, and I person to beryllium capable to archer radical that I was determination erstwhile England won a large tourney and an England skipper lifted a trophy.

'It's been a agelong clip since 1966. We person conscionable been waiting for this moment.

'If it happens, the pictures of Harry Kane lifting the trophy and the squad moving astir the stadium are going to unrecorded everlastingly and beryllium iconic, conscionable similar Bobby Moore erstwhile helium was holding the World Cup astatine Wembley each those years ago.'

Bikram, a Sikh instrumentality from Birmingham, said helium was visiting a temple successful Berlin to commune for occurrence tonight.

He added: 'We request each spot of help, enactment and luck and I consciousness I person to spell to a section Gurdwara today.'

Sam Tattersall, 29, from Nottingham, shaved a reddish St George's Cross into his hairsbreadth earlier travelling retired to Berlin for the Euro 24 final.

The barber said: 'We decided connected Friday to bash a small travel to Berlin and due to the fact that I'm a barber, I was going to get my hairsbreadth chopped and I thought I'd spell for it with the St George's transverse due to the fact that football's coming home.

'We got present astatine 2am, my relative drove america and we acceptable disconnected from Nottingham astatine 10.15am yesterday.'

He said helium had not got tickets for the last but was looking guardant to soaking up the ambiance successful Berlin.

He added: 'I support forgetting astir my hairsbreadth and noticing radical looking astatine me. I privation I had done it with imperishable dye not a spray due to the fact that it's coming disconnected successful the rain.

'If we suffer it's going to person to spell connected Tuesday, but if we triumph it could enactment for a year!'

Thousands much are expected to cheer the broadside connected from crossed the world. 

England fans were connected the formation successful Benidorm this greeting arsenic they eagerly await the nationalist team's epic clash with Spain successful the Euros final.

Supporters from crossed the state wished Gareth Southgate's boys the champion of luck and announced England would 'take implicit Benidorm' if they won.

Expectation of the 'battle for Benidorm' has been increasing successful this fashionable vacation edifice wherever British and Spanish families travel to relax.

The resort's notorious portion is expecting lasting country lone successful and astir the galore bars and restaurants that clutter this British enclave.

Drinks volition beryllium served successful integrative glasses and other information has been laid connected successful a hopeless bid to forestall trouble.

Courtney, 22, a masseuse, from Somerset, told MailOnline: 'I can't hold for the lucifer tonight. It's going to beryllium epic!

'And if England win, we volition instrumentality implicit Benidorm!'

Courtney is connected vacation with champion friends, Meg, 22, an IT worker, Kirsty, 19, a masseuse and Evie, 22, a chopper engineer.

England's level flags were drabbed crossed supporters arsenic they strolled on Benidorm's beach-front oregon paddled successful the Mediterranean.

Cooling disconnected successful the oversea was sports lensman Olivia and her pal Lauren, 21, a attraction worker, some from Wigan.

Olivia, 21, said: 'It's going to beryllium a pugnacious match, Spain are a bully team, but England tin bash it. They've shown a batch of quality to get to the last and they person thing to lose.

'Come connected England!'

Glamourous girls Lucy, 29, and Olivia, 32, from Middlesborough said they expected a amusive nighttime with the enactment carrying connected into the aboriginal hours.

Olivia, 32, a tribunal clerk, said: 'There volition beryllium a batch of drinking and singing, I'm definite of that. If England triumph this spot volition spell wild. Everyone volition beryllium retired until dawn.'

Two young fans from Wigan person adjacent splashed retired connected England shirts to deterioration during the match.

Molly, 20, a caregiver and Mya, 19, a pharmacist, are urging the squad on.

Molly said: 'We've conscionable bought them! We're going to deterioration them for the lucifer tonight. It's going to beryllium huffy up determination connected the strip. I can't wait!'

All of the fans volition beryllium cheering connected England.

Among them volition beryllium Molly, 24, GP country worker, and Lois, 21, a nurse, some from Weston-Super-Mare.

Molly said: 'Come On England!'

An estimated TV assemblage of 25 cardinal are nervously preparing themselves to ticker tonight's lucifer successful surviving rooms and pubs crossed the country. 

Around 3.5 cardinal fans volition ticker the crippled successful England's 35,000 pubs, with an other 10 cardinal pints pulled, arsenic opening hours tin beryllium extended to 1am.

Win oregon lose, institution bosses are braced for 'hangover Monday' with up to 2 cardinal workers expected to telephone successful sick.

Another 3 cardinal are expected to person booked yearly leave. And hundreds of schools person told pupils they tin travel successful up to 2 hours precocious connected Monday if parents let them to enactment up precocious to ticker the drama.

In a video posted connected societal media by the England shot team, Southgate said: 'To each of the fans that travelled to the games, I cognize determination person been immoderate epic journeys, hours and hours of travel, truthful grateful for that support.

'It's meant truthful overmuch to america successful the stadium, and it's truthful important for the players, truthful aforesaid again delight for the final.

'To everybody astatine home, we've for a agelong clip wanted to make memories for everybody.

'I deliberation we've had a batch implicit the past seven, 8 years. This tourney has thrown up more, the knockout signifier successful particular.

'I deliberation we've shown astonishing resilience, ne'er accidental dice spirit, composure nether unit astatine antithetic moments.

'So, we're looking guardant to this challenge. We cognize we've got to beryllium exceptional again against Spain. But we're successful present warring and we anticipation to bash you arrogant again.'