On this day last year, heartbreak enveloped York as England\u2019s men\u2019s football team fell short in the Euro 2024 final, extending their 58 years of hurt.<\/p>\n
The Press watched the final at Spark: York in Piccadilly, where dozens of fans gathered in the ticketed venue to witness the tense match between Spain and England, held at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.<\/p>\n
Emotions ran high throughout the game, which ended 2-1 in favour of Spain.<\/p>\n
There were tense moments throughout the game (Image: Kevin Glenton)<\/p>\n
The decisive goal came in the 86th minute from Mikel Oyarzabal, leaving England with little time to respond.<\/p>\n
There was a moment of jubilation when substitute Cole Palmer scored an equaliser in the 73rd minute, but it was short-lived as Spain regained the lead just four minutes before the end of normal time.<\/p>\n
Betsy and Nas, both from South Bank in York, attempted to keep their spirits high despite the loss.<\/p>\n
Tension after the opening goal (Image: Kevin Glenton)<\/p>\n
They had been watching the final alongside Jodie and Liam from Rawcliffe, who had previously attended England\u2019s tournament opener against Serbia at Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.<\/p>\n
Betsy, 26, expressed her disappointment, saying: “It\u2019s a real shame that we couldn\u2019t win it today, but bring on the World Cup qualifiers.”<\/p>\n
Nas acknowledged Spain’s superiority, stating that he thought overall that Spain were worthy winners of the tournament.<\/p>\n
A brief cheer when the substitutes came on (Image: Kevin Glenton)<\/p>\n
He noted that at half time, England appeared more positive, while Spain ended the first 45 minutes “sketchily.”<\/p>\n
The interval proved beneficial for the Spaniards, who became four-time winners of the Euros, with Nico Williams scoring just two minutes after the restart.<\/p>\n
First reported by Kevin Glenton on July 14, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this day last year, heartbreak enveloped York as England\u2019s men\u2019s football team fell short in the Euro…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,100666,4884,100665,100667,1063,104,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-263519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-euro-2024-final","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-kevin-glenton","13":"tag-mikel-oyarzabal","14":"tag-nico-williams","15":"tag-spain","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114850132366081703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}