Spain won the European Football Championship for the fourth time in history, beating England in the final. Video

The Spanish national football team won Euro 2024, which took place in 10 German cities from June 14 to July 14. In the final match, Luis de la Fuente's men beat England 2-1 and became the first ever four-time European champions.

The Spanish national team, being the favorite in this confrontation, tried to seize the territorial advantage on the field from the first minutes. However, there was no total advantage of the Furia Roja. Southgate's wards competently blocked all zones, preventing the fast Spanish forwards from running.

The game was more and more like a chess game, where both teams tried to open the opponent's defense with positional attacks. The flanks, where Williams and Yamal worked, were very hard.

The high density of players slowed down the pace and resulted in most shots being blocked. In the first half hour of the game, the teams hit the goal 0 times.

Spain controlled the ball more and more, acting as the first number. The left flank was especially active, from which there were periodic sheds to the Pickford penalty area.

England had a hard time attacking, while the maximum that the players managed to do several times was to cross the center circle.

The first shot on goal came in the 1st added minute of the first half, and it was unexpectedly taken by England's players, who finished a free kick.

The second half started shockingly for Gareth Southgate's team. A complete failure on the left flank led to Nico Williams opening the scoring. After a sharp three-pronged move, Yamal made a precise diagonal pass, and the Athletic striker scored past the goalkeeper.

Almost immediately, Dani Olmo could have doubled the lead, but he missed the frame.

Gradually, England was able to press the opponent to his goal, rolling one after another attack on Unai Simon's goal. In the 61st minute, Southgate took off Kane, replacing him with Ollie Watkins.

In the 70th minute, Southgate brought on Palmer, and this substitution made a difference. England, who did almost nothing in the second half, managed to score a goal. Saka ran on the counterattack, made a pass to the center to Bellingham, he rolled it back to Palmer, and the Chelsea midfielder equalized.

The denouement came 4 minutes before the end of regular time. Marc Cucurella passed the ball in, and Mikel Oyarzabal scored the winning goal from close range.

Spain - England 2: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1)

Goals: 1: 0 - 47 Williams, 1: 1 - 73 Palmer, 2: 1 - 86 Oyarzabal.

Spain - Unai Simon, Carvajal, Laporte, Le Normand (Nacho, 83), Cucurella, Fabian Ruiz, Rodri (Subimendi, 46), Olmo, Williams, Yamal (Merino, 89), Morata (Oyarzabal, 68).

England - Pickford, Walker, Stones, Heahy, Shaw, Rice, Foden (Toney, 89), Bellingham, Maina (Palmer, 70), Saka, Kane (Watkins, 61).

Cautions: Kane (25), Olmo (31), Stones (53), Watkins (90+2).

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