Euro 2024 final: Spain tops England, wins dramatic, historic 4th title
Spain beat England 2-1 in a dramatic Euro 2024 final on Sunday, standing up to the tournament's comeback kings and rising back to the top of European soccer in style.
Mikel Oyarzabal, off the bench as a second-half substitute, scored the decisive goal in the 86th minute, knifing between English defenders and sliding a fine finish past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
And the Spaniards, the undisputed team of the tournament, the toast of soccer purists, the chief storytellers, the top goalscorers, roared to their fourth European title.
They had already knocked off Germany and France. They had won six of six, and arrived in Berlin favored to win a seventh match in a row, this blockbuster final against underperforming England team overflowing with talent.
They showed why throughout a crescendoing second half. In the 47th minute, they took the lead. The Spanish wave rolled back to front, then right to left, and arrived at the foot of Nico Williams, who needed only one emphatic touch to break English resistance.