{"id":298649,"date":"2025-07-28T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/298649\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:10:15","slug":"womens-euro-final-victory-lionesses-clinch-greatest-achievement-in-english-football-history-as-they-bring-it-home-again-after-triumph-over-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/298649\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Euro final victory: Lionesses clinch &#8216;greatest achievement in English football history&#8217; as they bring it home AGAIN after triumph over Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100688837-0-image-a-1_1753685462840.jpg\" fetchpriority=\"high\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-1481\/jamie-bullen.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JAMIE BULLEN<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Updated:  09:52 EDT, 28 July 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Lionesses made history last night by winning back-to-back <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/uefa-euro\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f6c193c0-6b81-11f0-b279-8f7cccee9d8a\" rel=\"noopener\">European championships<\/a> following a nail-biting penalty shootout victory over Spain in Basel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Watched on by <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/prince_william\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f693f410-6b81-11f0-b279-8f7cccee9d8a\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a>, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/sarina-wiegman\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f6c00d20-6b81-11f0-b279-8f7cccee9d8a\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarina Wiegman<\/a>&#8216;s England team became the first to win a major tournament on foreign soil as well as retain amid glorious scenes in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/chloe-kelly\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f6bbee70-6b81-11f0-b279-8f7cccee9d8a\" rel=\"noopener\">Chloe Kelly<\/a>, who assisted <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/arsenal\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f6b81de0-6b81-11f0-b279-8f7cccee9d8a\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> striker <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/alessia-russo\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f6badd00-6b81-11f0-b279-8f7cccee9d8a\" rel=\"noopener\">Alessia Russo<\/a> to level the match, scored the winning penalty following heroics from goalkeeper Hannah Hampton who saved two Spanish strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Their victory will see the nation celebrate today ahead of an open-top-bus parade in central London to welcome home the returning players.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyMailSport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Women&#8217;s Euro final victory: Lionesses clinch &#8216;greatest achievement in English football history&#8217; 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