by England boss Sarina Wiegman promised to “do another dancing” after the lion women had completed their third comeback in a row to defend their European crown with a 3-1 penalty shootout against Spain in Basel.
The replacement of Chloe Kelly, whose extension at Wembley secured their first large trophy in front of three summers to the lionesses, was again the hero, which after a 1-1 extension converted cool with the World Cup owners.
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Wiegman has now led teams – first the Netherlands, now England – to the trophy at the last three European championships, although nobody admitted, the Dutch, “chaotic” and “ridiculous” like this.
“I’m very happy,” said Wiegman. “I can’t really believe it myself. It was like: ‘How can it happen?’ But it is so incredibly proud of the team and the staff.
Wiegman was seen when Kelly came to the highest occasion again and plans to let go again and again-maybe to the dismay of her phone, which reminded the English boss during her press conference after the game that she had a training session.
“I’m going to dance something,” said Wiegman. “And I’ll drink something, but I don’t think I’m going to drink as much as the players.”
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Although the lion women insisted that they had moved on, the triumph on Sunday also takes revenge on the 2023 World Cup final, where England was hit 1-0 in Sydney in their first global showpiece finals.
Spain was finalists in this competition for the first time, but the favorites and came a step closer to the title when Marsal’s Mariona Caldentey nodded a start in the 25th minute.
But Kelly Teed Russo for his own header and compensation of 57th minute, while two spectacular parades by Hannah Hampton opened the door for Kelly in the shootout to write more history than the lioness became the first high -ranking English football team that raised a large trophy on a foreign floor.
England’s Chloe Kelly celebrates with the trophy (Nick Potts/Pa)
“I have to admit that this is the most chaotic and ridiculous tournament that we played,” added Wiegman.
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“We came from behind every time we could come back in the quarter -finals and in the semi -finals and in the final. Of course we players who have talents, and the togetherness of this team is really, very unbelievable, but also the belief that we can come back.
“The players say we can definitely win and we just never give up.”
England’s title defense hung on a thread after her 2-1 defeat against France, but the group stage victory over the Netherlands, then Wales kept his title defense alive.
Lucy Bronze and Michelle Agyemang scored late in the Sweden quarter-finals and finally made a chaotic, error-oriented shootout that won bronze with England’s seventh attempt.
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In her semi-finals in Italy, Kelly’s extension winner took her place in the Spanish showdown to Buchen- after the 19-year-old outstanding Michelle Agyemang had achieved another incredible compensation.
England Manager Sarina Wiegman collects her medal (Peter Byrne/Pa)
Before her heroic deeds in Basel in this euro with the common opportunities (eight) and the most successful crosses (10) of a replacement in a single tournament since the analysis of the big women’s tournaments were used in 2011 with the common opportunities.
And while Wiegman agreed, there were never moments in this campaign – and especially the Sweden and Italy games – on Sunday, which was the comeback on Sunday.
When asked if there was a moment of her belief, Wiegman replied: “To be honest, I didn’t do this evening.”
