England 1-1 Spain (Jul 27, 2025) Game Analysis
Chloe Kelly shot in the decisive kick while England beat Spain 3-1 during a penalty shootout to win Euro 2025 on Sunday, successfully defending the title they won three years ago after an exciting match that ended 1-1 after the additional time.
It was another spectacular reversal of the Sarina Wiegman team, who came back from two goals to beat Sweden during a shooting in the last eight and beat Italy in the semi-final with another additional goal from Kelly.
The Champions of the League of the World and the Spanish Nations have pierced in the 25th minute while Ona Batle crossed and caught the flat foot of the defense in England, allowing Mariona Caldentey to direct the ball after the goalkeeper Hannah Hampton.
With Lauren James undergoing an ankle injury, England had trouble, but Kelly came out of the bench to replace it just before the break and it turned out to be an inspired substitution.
Kelly helped close the porous left flank of England and provided the cross to Alessia Russo in the 57th minute, the attacker who was going to the house his perfect help.
Spain continued to monopolize the ball but could not find another goal before the end of normal time, and the story continued through additional time when they were rushing and surveyed, but could not break the English defense when the match finished 1-1.
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The Spaniards took a good start when Cati Coll stopped the efforts of Beth Mead, but the goalkeeper of England Hannah Hampton saved Caldentay and Aitana Bonmatí to put England in the seat of the driving.
Coll gave Spain in it with another stop to one hand to block Leah Williamson, but the Spanish replacement Salma Paralleulo hit his wide kick of the target.
This prepared the field in Kelly to repeat her heroism in 2022, when she marked the winner of the extension on Germany who earned them the title in Wembley.
Kelly has made a way to make a commerce race before breaking the ball in the net and peeling off in ecstasy to celebrate with his teammates in front of the fans of England.
“I’m so proud, so proud of this team, so grateful to wear this badge, and I’m so proud to be English … I was cool, I was composed and I knew I was going to knock on the back of the net,” said Kelly.
The final was the first time since the inaugural edition in 1984, in which England was beaten by Sweden, that the match was decided by a penalty shootout.
“Incredible, incredible, showing throughout this tournament, we can come back when we lower a goal, and we have this courage,” said Hampton.
“We have English blood in us, so we never say to die and continue, and we have done it today.”
For the Bonmatí of Spain, the defeat was bitter.
“I don’t have much emotion left to be honest. I have emptied emotion. We are all exhausted,” she said.
“I must say sorry, because it was my fault at the end, but I could not mark it [the penalty]. Congratulations to our opponents. In my opinion, we were superior in the match, [but] On some occasions, it is not enough in football. “”
