by An emotional Leah Williamson insisted that “this story has not yet been done”, since England’s celebrations continued in the center of London on Tuesday after her euro 2025 triumph.
There was an open bus parade shortly after noon, when thousands of fans in front of a staged ceremony in Queen Victoria Memorial saw the procession along the shopping center in front of Buckingham Palace.
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The moment at Williamson was not lost when she held the tears under the celebrations, less than 48 hours after the lioness had retained their European championship crown by beating Spain in the Basel final for punishments.
The English captain said: “I hold back the tears. I cried all the way along the shopping center. This is incredible and it is one of the best things we have ever been to.
“Everything we do, we do it for ourselves and our team, but we do it for the country and young girls. This job has never existed 30 or 40 years ago and we take every step history. Stay with us, this story has not yet been done.”
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England showed an incredible defiance throughout the tournament, from his opening defeat to France and the demonstrated that her attitude in the KO stadiums was never a Say level.
In the quarters they stayed 2-0 to Sweden and 1-0 to Italy at halftime and went back to Spain in showpiece to fight back to ensure that they maintain the trophy they won three years ago.
Williamson said to the crowd: “There are many ways to win a football game and we have repeatedly done it on the hard tour.
The English players gathered during their return -victory parade (Yui Mok/Pa) on the stages of Victoria Memorial
“But you can see how much we play us playing for England and how much we love it.
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“The first game may have shaken a bit, but I just think we are special people and we love each other, we have each other back on and off the field. We had difficult moments to do bad things and we still rise.”
It was a third European championship crown in a row for the English head coach Sarina Wiegman, who led the Netherlands to fame in 2017.
She said: “It was chaos. I hoped a little less chaos, but they don’t promise to end things faster! We just continued hope and believe and they only appeared than it was really necessary and urgent.
“There is a huge talent pool in this team. In 2022 we had a big bond, but I think that has now made the absolute difference: everyone was ready to support each other. It was astonishing to be part of it.”
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Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton was so significant to keep Spain in a 1-1 draw and in success with 3-1 shooting.
When asked what she was thinking about before the punishments, she replied: “Just do everything for the team-so-ran 120 minutes and I just have to only stand in my own 18 yard box.”
She added: “Don’t let the people say what you can and what not. If you have a dream and really believe it, go out and do it. I did it.
“I was often told that I am not good enough and I shouldn’t play football from the start. Make it on and if it makes you happy, follow this smile.”
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The teenager Michelle Aggyemang was appointed the best young player in the tournament after he had rated Sweden in England and then in the late Leveller in the half year.
The 19-year-old said: “I don’t know what to say. It is surreal, it doesn’t seem to be real to see people down there. It is crazy to see what we did today and are here.”
The Talismanic Lucy Bronze added: “This moment is incredible. We did it three years ago, but it is simply incredible to do it again and return to it.”
When asked how this party answered compared to three years, bronze replied: “I don’t remember.”
