On a dramatic evening hosted by the “Jacob Park” stadium in the Swiss city of Basel, the England team wrote a new chapter in its golden history, after it was crowned the European Nations Championship 2025 at the expense of its Spanish counterpart, after a confrontation that spanned additional stages and ended with a penalty shootout.
What happened in the final match between England and Spain?
The final confrontation witnessed a great club between the two parties, as Spain first advanced through the player Mario Calditi in the 25th minute, taking advantage of defensive confusion among English. However, the response came in the 57th minute, when Alisia Rousseau managed to score the equalizer for England, after a precise pass that turned the scales.
The tie continued until the end of the original time, to extend the confrontation to the additional runs, without any of the teams being able to resolve the result. The two parties eventually judge the penalty shootout.
The guardian of Hampton makes the difference
In a decisive moment of brilliance, the goalkeeper Hanna Hampton presented one of her best international matches, after she brilliantly confronted the Spanish penalty shootout, and led her country to win 3-1 in the kicks of luck, to win England’s second continental title in a row.
Why was the Beth Meed’s kick back?
The first penalty shootout that Beth Meed paid a lot of controversy, as the wisdom of Stephanie Farrabar decided to return it despite entering the ball into the net. The decision came based on a new amendment in the game law, stipulating the necessity of re -executing any penalty in which the player is inadvertently touched the ball twice, even if the net inhabited.
This amendment comes after the famous incident that witnessed the cancellation of Julian Alvarez’s goal against Real Madrid in the Champions League, as a result of an unintended double touch to the ball.
England takes revenge on the loss of men in Euro 2024
This achievement carries a special character, as the Ladies of England succeeded in revenge for the English national team, who lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 final, in the meeting held at the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
Sarina Figman … a historical trilogy in Europe
Dutch coach, Sarina Figman, strengthened her position as one of the most successful coaches in the history of women’s football, after she won the European Nations Cup title for the third time in her career, and the second in a row with England.
The beginning was with the Netherlands team in 2017, when the mills led to the crowning of a great victory over Denmark 4-2, before the achievement with England was repeated in 2022 with an exciting victory over Germany 2-1, then this version came to confirm its absolute dominance in the continental championship.
It is noteworthy that Figman had a final loss in the World Cup, the first with the Netherlands against America in 2019, and the second with England against Spain in 2023, which makes this coronation as a personal response to it as well.
