England V Italy Euro 2012: The Three Lions And The Azzurri's Last Encounter In 2002 (VIDEO)

WATCH: The Last England-Italy Encounter

England and Italy, for two giants of European football, rarely play one another.

Tournament-wise, they faced one another in the 3rd/4th-place play-off at the 1990 World Cup, and before that it was Euro 80. England lost both matches by one goal.

Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final will be their first competitive contest in almsot 15 years and their first meeting in 10 years.

In 2002, Elland Road played host to a spring friendly as Naples-born Vincenzo Montella's airplane celebration took off twice after Leeds United's Robbie Fowler scored on his home ground.

Relive a customary David James blunder and the goals in the above video.

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