By: Kevin  Wang

In the bright grass of Berlin’s Olympiastadion, Spain and England duked it out for the Henri Delaunay Trophy at the UEFA Euro Finals. In the end, Spain won against England 2-1, giving them the trophy, and – according to BBC – extending England men’s 58-year streak without a major tournament win. The England manager Gareth Southgate stated “I think overall Spain were the best team in the tournament and they deserved to win.”

The Euro Final started off with a relatively uneventful first half, ending with 0-0 tie. However, only two minutes after the second half started, Nico Williams from Spain scored the first goal of the game! 25 minutes into the second half, with the score still 1-0 Spain, England brought out the substitute, Cole Palmer. A few minutes later, he scored a goal for England into the bottom corner of the goal. Unai Simon, the goalkeeper for Spain, was late reacting to Palmer’s shot, letting England equalize with Spain. Finally, in the 86th minute, Mikel Oyarzabal shot the winning goal for Spain, giving Spain the 2-1 advantage.

After the game, England captain Harry Kane told BBC that the loss was “as painful as it could be” but he thinks “[we] did really well to get back into the game and get back to 1-1, and then we couldn’t quite use that momentum to push on.” Spain won against England 2-1 to claim their fourth European Championship. ESPN reported that the final goal was also Spain’s fifteenth goal in the tournament which beats France’s fourteen goals in 1984, creating a new goals record!

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