Dom - Appreciate I might pique some jealousy here...I've dreamt of watching England at a tournament. Gave up on this one due to Covid crowd restrictions but me and my best friend have tickets for tonight. Hoping I'm not a bad omen and the 8hr round trip drive is worth it!!

Mark - The company I worked for had factories all over Europe, and one year we had a Company Euros football tournament in France. The final... Italy vs England. It's definitely coming home!

Sean Paul, Holland - Wish I was an Englishman today. Come on England!

England are preparing to face Denmark in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 at Wembley on Wednesday, knowing victory will secure them a place in a major men's tournament final for the first time since 1966.

Gareth Southgate's side will face Italy in Sunday's final if they defeat the Danes in front of around 60,000 mostly England fans at Wembley.

Millions more are expected to cheer the Three Lions on from home, in pubs and designated fan parks after a peak TV audience of 20.9 million watched them cruise past Ukraine 4-0 in the quarter-finals last Saturday.

"We don't have as good a football history as we like to believe sometimes," said Southgate. "These players are making massive strides and breaking down barriers all the time.

"We have never been to a European Championship final so we can be the first England team to do that which is really exciting."

Click here for everything you need to know before the big game.

The Independent

Gareth Southgate missed the decisive penalty the last time England reached the semi-finals of the Euros in 1996, losing to Germany.

He was then manager as England were beaten by Croatia in the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup.

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It's not you, Lee. Today is dragging and kick-off still seems ages away. Oh, and you went there with the P word too. Let's just try to ignore that possibility eh.

The Guardian

After beating Ukraine in the quarter-finals in Rome, England return to Wembley to face Denmark in the semi-finals... and hopefully Italy in Sunday's final.

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Don Hegarty - Memories of being in the Azteca Stadium in Mexico watching us lose to Argentina in 1986. Hand of God and all that jazz. The pain still hasn't gone.

Hugh - At Euro '96 my dad took me to the semi-final at Wembley. 25 years on and I'm taking my dad back there, hopefully for a different result!

Pip Morris - I was in Lisbon for our match v France in 2004. We were 1-0 up until the 90th minute but lost 2-1. Traumatic. Victory now would help recovery.

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Atomic Kitten's Natasha Hamilton has had a whirlwind week, recording and performing the Gareth Southgate tribute 'Whole Again'.

She told BBC Radio 5 Live's Rachel Burden: "We only re-recorded the song on Monday evening. It's been a mad few days but lots of fun.

"We've just got everything crossed for the boys."

Anon - On the way to Wembley! Been happily married to a Danish girl for 2 years, but England have been waiting for 55 years. So if I had to choose...

Perhaps that's a wise decision to keep yourself anonymous. We trust that you'll make the right choice...

The Sun

The Danish - famous for vikings, pastries and... bacon, of course.

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Just under 5 hours to kick-off... is it just us or are the nerves kicking in?

Kazim - Goosebumps as every hour passes! I'm lucky enough to have a ticket to the final and really hope I'm not travelling 3 hours to go watch Italy v Denmark when England are in touching distance of it. Come on England!!

Mytwitdc - This is the first time since Italia '90 that I genuinely thought England could win it all. Harry Kane will make me be right this time!

Bill Bevan - I watched England v Scotland in Euro 96 on my birthday, after an all-nighter at a drum and bass club and a breakfast of melons picked up cheap from the 24 hour supermarket. Thank you Gazza for that birthday present of a goal!

The Daily Mail

Now let's have a look at some of today's British papers, beginning with the Mail...

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Denmark fan Miki has been telling BBC Radio 5 Live what he thinks of the 'Three Lions' song.

"I think it's brilliant; it's the best football song you can sing in a stadium, actually," he said.

"But, besides that, it's annoying because it's not coming home!

"The English team has not won that trophy so I cannot see how it can come home," he added

Bedford, which has 14,000 Italian descendants, celebrates in force as Italy reaches the final.

Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 4

At the start of the tournament, Chris Waddle tipped Italy to win the trophy but will that change if it's an England v Italy final?

"I want England to win, obviously. I'll have to accept it, put my hand up and say I got it wrong, but I would really like England to win.

"I just fancied Italy because I looked at all of the figures over the last two years and Italy have been a very strong team. I couldn't believe that they were tipped as sixth or seventh favourites.

"Spain played very well last night, they were probably the better team, but Italy have got that mentality which sees them through games."

Dan Hill is "very confident" and predicts a 3-0 win for England against Denmark at Wembley.

Vasanth Subramanian - I was there to endure England's 0-0 draw with Slovakia at the last Euros. Southgate has been transformational, both on and off the pitch.

Adam - I was in Russia for England's World Cup opener in 2018. We seem to have learnt from that tournament and are ready now to take that next step.

John Halewood-Dodd - I have followed England home and away for over 40 years and I have never been as excited at our potential success as I am now.

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Even members of neighbouring countries are cheering on England tonight... don't worry, your secret's safe with us!

Anon. - As a Scot I am feeling these strange new sensations of wanting England to win, wanting football to come home as it were. Gonna have to stay anonymous so I'm not to get exiled by my family.

Martin - Tonight I will be defying the unstoppable natural genetic instincts and will be supporting the Three Lions - Come on England, bring it home!! (Proud Welshman through and through).

BBC Radio 5 Live

Raheem Sterling's former mentor Clive Ellington has been describing the first time he saw Sterling play.

Talking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Rachel Burden, he said: "I saw this little three-foot, four-foot nothing, genius in the playground, just gracefully running amongst players."

Sterling wasn't playing for a club at the time so Clive took him to his club, Alpha & Omega FC.

"All our coaches just stood there in awe of what we were watching. It's a memory you just can't forget," said Clive.

Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live on BBC Sounds for all the build-up to the game and live commentary from 20:00 BST.

Dangerous call that one Max.

Peter Grayson: Looking forward to the 4am kick off here in Tokyo. Midnight table at the pub booked, breakfast booked for post-game, then most important booking - day off work!