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Spain defeats England with last-minute goal to claim Euro 2024 title

By Giancarlo Cornejo July 14, 2024
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Three European Championships for La Roja.
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España are European kings once again.

Spain put the cherry on top to an amazing tournament and defeated England 2-1 to become the Euro 2024 champions at the Olympiastadion stadium in Berlin on Sunday.

The first half between the European giants was filled with more controversial plays than goalscoring opportunities, with England’s Harry Kane and Spain’s Dani Olmo getting booked after two tough tackles that could’ve easily been sent for a VAR review.

The second half, however, would deliver just a couple minutes into the restart.

In the 47th minute, a pass out wide to Lamine Yamal, taken into the middle by the 17-year-old, set up 22-year-old Nico Williams to open the scoring with bullet low-driven shot.

This was Williams’ third goal of the tournament, with Yamal tallying his fourth assist (top) of the tournament.

The goal would quickly shift the momentum of the match to Spain, failing to put away two important chances that would’ve doubled their lead and practically sealed their victory.

England would see themselves forced to make changes, with manager Gareth Southgate making the bold decision to remove captain Harry Kane from the pitch at just the 61st minute. PFA YoungPlayer of the Year, Cole Palmer, would also be substituted into the field.

Controversial or not, the changes from the bench would go on make an instant impact, as quick breakaway played outside of the box to Palmer ended in yet another bottom corner shot to put the game level.

The Three Lions would take control of the game, but after a plethora of substitutions from both sides, Spain would go on to reclaim their lead in the closing minutes of the game.

Marc Cucurella would go into the attack and set up substitute Mikel Oyarzabal to score the last-minute winner — inches away from being disallowed for an offisde position. What a moment for the Spaniard striker.

Spain finish Euro 2024 with a perfect run, winning all of their seven matches and becoming the only nation to ever win four European Championships.

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