How many substitutes are allowed in Euro 2020?
Get the latest news, analysis and interviews Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  Italy take on England in the final of Euro 2020 on Sunday night. A tournament like no other ends at Wembley Stadium after a month of ups and downs for the 24 countries involved. England progressed from a group containing Scotland, Croatia and Czech Republic to beat Germany, Ukraine and Denmark in the knockout rounds, while Italy emerged from Wales' group as winners to see off Austria, Belgium and Spain to set up the clash against Gareth Southgate's men. It is a showpiece involving two of the most consistent teams in the competition, with bookmakers making England favourites to lift their first piece of major silverware since 1966. You can read the latest team news here. Euro 2020 is the first major tournament where five substitutes have been allowed. UEFA announced the measures back in March to help ease the pressure on players following condensed domestic seasons amid the coronavirus pandemic. An official UEFA statement read: As the reasons for the five-substitutions rule remain valid against the background of national and international football calendars affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and given that the rule is already in place for the World Cup qualification matches that will run from March 2021 to March 2022, it was decided to extend the amendment to UEFA EURO 2020 in June/July 2021, the UEFA Nations League finals in October 2021 and the UEFA Nations League relegation play-outs in March 2022.  Almost all top-level football typically allows three subs but that changed last term, including in the Champions League, where five were also used. The Premier League was the only major division in Europe not to have allowed five substitutes during the 2020-21 campaign. It means Southgate and Italian counterpart Roberto Mancini can fully utilise their squads, with both managers having a plethora of talent to choose from.