Euro 2020 final: Follow all the latest news from England v Italy

Hundreds of ticketless fans tried to storm the Wembley gates in a bid to gain entry to England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy on Sunday.

Footage posted on social media showed supporters battling to get past lines of stewards and police as the atmosphere turned ugly in the hours before kick-off.

While some fans shown in the videos appeared to get past the fences and towards the venue, Wembley officials insisted there had been no breach of stadium security.

A spokesperson for Wembley Stadium said: “We are dealing with an incident that occurred at the outer security perimeter area of the stadium, with support from police.

Chaotic footage from Wembley (via @RaveFootage)

Not entirely sure what is going on here

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“Safety measures were quickly activated in the relevant areas and there were no security breaches of people without tickets getting inside the stadium.” The Metropolitan Police tweeted: “We supported the security teams at Wembley Stadium a short time ago with this incident.

Unbelievable footage of violence in Wembley tonight. A literal child gets punched by a full grown man and an Asian man is kicked repeatedly in the head by several people. Disgusting behaviour. pic.twitter.com/NLtvjgF8Fe

“Wembley security officials have confirmed there was no security breaches of people without tickets getting inside the stadium.”

The action was hot on the pitch, with England enjoying a dream start thanks to Luke Shaw.

Shaw drilled a half volley into the back of the net to score the fastest ever goal in a Euro final, clocking in at one minute and 57 seconds.

Even more impressive, it was Shaw’s first international goal.

Socceroos great Mark Schwarzer described the start at “absolute madness”.

That was the only goal of the first half with England now 45 minutes from a famous victory.

Originally published asCrazy scenes as fans storm Wembley before chaotic final

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