Southgate urges squad to finish job started in 2022 and win Euro 2024

England manager Gareth Southgate has urged his players to finish the job they started in the winter of 2022 and win the Euro 2024 final on Sunday against Spain in Berlin.

"It has been a great environment to work in and now we have a fabulous opportunity to achieve what we set out (to do) really after we left Qatar earlier than we wanted to," Southgate said in a news conference on Saturday.

England have reached their second consecutive final at an European Championship after heartbreak at Euro 2020 with a defeat on penalties to Italy at their home Wembley stadium.

They are chasing a maiden Euros title and a first major trophy in 58 years, but will be faced with a big challenge. Three-time European champions Spain are considered the best team at the tournament in Germany and haven't lost a game so far.

Southgate confirmed his full 26-man squad are fit and raring to go and has been pleased with the way preparations have gone.

He said that he showed his squad pictures of Trafalgar Square celebrating previous successes for England’s rugby and cricket teams as a way to motivate his team.

"When you are trying to create dreams you want to have a clear picture of what you see at the end of it," Southgate said.

"I'm not a believer in fairy tales, but I am a believer in dreams. We've had big dreams but you have to make those things happen. The run we've had, the late goals, the penalties – that doesn't make it happen for us."