England 1 Spain 2 – HT 0-0
C. Palmer (73′) Nico Williams (47′), Mikel Oyarzabal (86′)
Assists –
J. Bellingham (73′) Lamine Yamal (47′), Marc Cucurella (86′)
Venue: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 65,600
So for the 1st time in their history, England have made a final on foreign soil. Can they win?
Well there against the best team in tournament, so it would be some achievement and surprise if they did.
Let’s sit down in front of the TV and see what happens.
England’s quest to end 58 years of pain and disappointment ended in failure as they were beaten by Spain in the Euro 2024 final at Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
Gareth Southgate’s side were sunk by Mikel Oyarzabal’s late winner to leave England heartbroken again in a second successive European Championship final and unable to end the long wait for success for the men’s team.
Spain’s young star wingers combined to give them the lead two minutes after the break as Lamine Yamal’s pass opened up space for Nico Williams to beat England keeper Jordan Pickford with a powerful low finish.
England captain Harry Kane was out of sorts once more and was substituted on the hour and it was Cole Palmer – on for Kobbie Mainoo – who raised hopes of another dramatic comeback with a composed left-foot strike after 73 minutes.
It was Spain, however, who snatched the win four minutes from time as Oyarzabal slid home Marc Cucurella’s cross to leave England the nearly men once more.
Well the best team won, but we should be proud that we have made the final again. Not played the best football, but England stuck together and battled to get there.
I doubt Gareth Southgate will stay, even though he has one of the best England’s records ever, just because of the way he has been treated earlier in the tournament, would you want that in your job?
Will England win a World Cup or Euro Final in my life time (well I was alive when we won in 1966), I think only if they win the World Cup or Euro’s in the next 4 years and the players play as they do for their clubs.
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