Spain beat England in final of Euro 2024

Spain left it late to beat England 2-1 and win the final of Euro 2024.

All three goals came in the second half and La Roja just about managed to prevail at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Sunday.

The first half yielded little in the way of chances, with England doing well to stifle Spain. Luke Shaw, drafted in for Kieran Trippier at left-back, managed to do a good job nullifying Lamine Yamal in particular.

Rodri was withdrawn at half-time and that appeared to be a good omen for England, but Spain broke the deadlock shortly after the beginning of the second half. A well-worked move saw Yamal come inside and find fellow winger Nico Williams, who stroked the ball home at the far post.

With just under 20 minutes remaining, England pulled level. A quick breakaway saw Bukayo Saka race down the right, but Spain retreated well and several bodies seemed to block his path. His cutback found Jude Bellingham, and he instinctively laid the ball off for Cole Palmer, who coolly slotted home from the edge of the box.

However, Spain went ahead again in the final five minutes of play. A cross round the back from Marc Cucurella found Mikel Oyarzabal, whose first-time finish beat Jordan Pickford.

England so nearly drew level with their first attack after falling behind again. A Palmer corner was headed on by Declan Rice and saved by Unai Simon, Marc Guehi's rebound cleared off the line by Dani Olmo, and Rice's next attempt went wide.

But that was as close as England came and Spain held on through four minutes of added time to be crowned champions of Europe for a record fourth time.

England's men's team remain without a trophy of any kind since their FIFA World Cup glory in 1966.

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