England and Denmark will be involved in a high-stakes battle with a Euro 2020 final spot on the line. The winner will face Italy, who edged out Spain on penalties in the first semifinal. The match will be played at Wembley with 60,000 fans expected to attend.

Gareth Southgate‘s side are hoping to reach their first major European Championship final in 55 years. They will be up against a rejuvenated Denmark, who have been on a roll since Christian Eriksen had to be resuscitated on the pitch in their opening game against Finland.

On Tuesday, Italy and Spain played out a long-drawn battle with scores even 1-1 after extra-time. Italy edged out Spain 4-2 in penalties to clinch their spot in the final.

England won the World Cup in 1966, but since then have managed to reach only four major semifinals. One of these was at Euro 1996, where the current coach Southgate missed the crucial penalty in the shootout against Germany. England are yet to concede a goat at Euro 2020. In the last-16, England registered a 2-0 win against Germany.

Yet to concede a goal in their five matches in the tournament, England underlined their potential with a 2-0 last-16 win against old rivals Germany before routing Ukraine 4-0 in Rome. Captain Harry Kane said that England have it in them to deliver in fron of the biggest crowd at a sporting event since the COVID pandemic began.

“We can talk as much as we want but the bottom line is we have to go out there and perform,” he said.

Surprise semi-finalists Denmark, who won Euro 1992, can count on the support of many outside England after their emotional campaign.

Denmark’s campaign was hit hard by a cardiac arrest to their star midfielder Eriksen in their opening encounter. The side went into their final group game without a point against their name. But since then, Denmark have registered three victories to make their first semifinal in 29 years.

Starting lineups for the second semifinal:

England (4-3-3)

Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice, Mason Mount; Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane (capt), Raheem Sterling

Coach: Gareth Southgate (England)

Denmark (3-4-3)

Kasper Schmeichel; Andreas Christensen, Simon Kjaer (capt), Jannik Vestergaard; Jens Stryger Larsen, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Thomas Delaney, Joakim Maehle; Martin Braithwaite, Kasper Dolberg, Mikkel Damsgaard

Coach: Kasper Hjulmand (Denmark)

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)