{"id":97582,"date":"2025-07-27T20:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/97582\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T20:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:26:14","slug":"womens-euro-2025-final-england-stuns-spain-in-penalties-to-earn-second-straight-euro-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/97582\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Euro 2025 final: England stuns Spain in penalties to earn second-straight Euro title"},"content":{"rendered":"

England came into Sunday\u2019s UEFA Euro 2025<\/a> final looking for revenge \u2014 and got it. Two years after losing to Spain<\/a> in the 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, the Lionesses defeated Spain in penalties, 1(3) – 1(2), to take home back-to-back Euro titles.<\/p>\n

English keeper Hannah Hampton notched two outstanding saves to tee up the victory. But it was Chloe Kelly’s decisive penalty kick that completed the Lionesses’ title defense.<\/p>\n

In a frantic, exciting game, the two European powerhouses battled to control the pace and take the win. Spain struck first off a stunning sequence in the 25th minute, ending with a masterful header from Mariona Caldentey. La Roja\u2019s tactical strength was on display in this game, as the Spaniards were able to keep the ball moving through England\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n

But England, who has spent<\/a> the entire tournament<\/a> coming from behind, kept up the pressure in the second half. The Lionesses were rewarded with a goal in the 57th minute, as Alessia Russo\u2019s stellar header sent the ball into the corner of the goal.<\/p>\n

For the rest of the second half, both teams continued to hunt for a go-ahead goal, but the score held, sending the game into extra time.<\/p>\n

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In the end, it came down to the penalty kicks. Though an early miss from Beth Mead, who had to retake her penalty after slipping, threatened to ruin England’s chances, Hampton recorded key saves against Caldentey and reigning Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmat\u00ed. Niamh Charles, who subbed into the game in stoppage time, and Alex Greenwood scored the other penalties for England, before Kelly brought it home.<\/p>\n

England has had an incredible run of luck and grit this tournament, coming from behind in all three knockout stage games to eventually win in extra time. Sunday was the team’s second penalty shootout in the 2025 Euros \u2014 and, once again, England emerged victorious.<\/p>\n

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The Lionesses put their bodies on the line for this one: Lucy Bronze, a key piece of England’s Euro run, went down multiple times in Sunday’s game with a thigh injury that had seemed to bother her for multiple games. Postgame, Bronze revealed to BBC<\/a> that she had played the entire tournament with a fractured tibia \u2014 a sacrifice that is very on-brand for the tough veteran defender.<\/p>\n

No matter the consequences, that sacrifice has paid off: Three years after taking home England’s first major title in 50 years (men or women), the Lionesses have done it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England came into Sunday\u2019s UEFA Euro 2025 final looking for revenge \u2014 and got it. Two years after…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":97583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[63979,63981,63978,63984,57504,6026,8886,63980,57501,63983,63976,63982,44309,63977,128,62,63975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-97582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-alessia-russo","9":"tag-alex-greenwood","10":"tag-alexander-hassenstein","11":"tag-batlle","12":"tag-beth-mead","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-fox-soccer","15":"tag-hannah-hampton","16":"tag-lionesses","17":"tag-lucy-bronze","18":"tag-mariona-caldentey","19":"tag-niamh-charles","20":"tag-penalty-kick","21":"tag-penalty-shootout","22":"tag-spain","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-uefa-euro","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114927080931943614","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}