Euro 2024: Spain Crowned European Champions For Record 4th Time (Image: x.com/euro2024)
Spain, the re-emerging force in world football under the spectacular tactics of Luis de la Fuente, has been crowned the Euro 2024 champions. The Spaniards defeated the English 2-1. A special generation of Spanish footballers, led by the youngest of them all, Lamine Yamal, helped Spain take the trophy home for a record fourth time, and also for the third time in the 21st century. The Spanish side, which has played beautiful and classic football throughout the tournament, won the trophy without losing a game.
What started as the steady Dani Carvajal vs. the creative Jude Bellingham, the confident Marc Cucurella vs. the consistent Bukayo Saka, the surprising Nico Williams vs. the mighty Kyle Walker, and the wall Luke Shaw vs. the miracle Lamine Yamal went on for the initial 47 minutes of the Euro 2024 final between Spain and England in Berlin with Luis de la Fuente’s invincibles surging through the English goal area with extremely paced tiki-taka.
When the referee blew the halftime whistle, it seemed like there would be an extension of what happened in the first half in the second half as well. But Nico Williams, the boy from Pamplona in Basque, changed the trajectory of the game with a shocker in the 47th minute from a Lamine Yamal assist. It was a sublime goal that matched the pumped-up environment in Berlin.
Then came the equalizer from England by Cole Palmer, but it did not last long. In the 86th minute, substitute Real Sociedad’s Mikel Oyarzabal scored from a Marc Cucurella assist to give Spain the winning goal.
The game began as anticipated: Alvaro Morata-led Spain played their creative game with resilience while England sat tight, waiting for an opportunity to score and win the game. Lamine Yamal, the hero of Spain’s semifinal game against France and the revelation of this tournament, was the biggest threat to the England defense as he was finding enough space and creating goal opportunities.
England, who have played in their second consecutive Euro final, were good in their defense, but La Roja outplayed them with accurate passing and clinical finishing.
