Spain become European champions for the fourth time with a 2:1 victory over England in the final. For the media it is clear: a well-deserved success.
15.07.2024, 09:24
15.07.2024, 09:35
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Spain:
Mundo Deportivo: "Historic. Spain have become the first team to win their fourth European Championship after beating England 2-1 in the final in Berlin. Luis de la Fuente's team won a hard-fought game right to the end thanks to goals from Nico Williams after a pass from Lamine and Oyarzabal, who was set up by Cucurella after his friend Palmer equalized. Justice. La Roja are deserved European champions and herald a new era in football."
As: "Kings of Europe again. Spain have won, football has won. Rarely does a championship do such justice to a group of players who have dedicated themselves to the beautiful game with the ball. Twelve years after this European Championship, which completed the magical treble, La Roja have managed to enchant the world with their football and their talents. How good it is to be the kings of Europe again."
Marca: "The fourth miracle. Spain seal their fourth European Championship, the one of hope, with a memorable victory after an unleashed second half. This team deserves to bring the people to the streets and Luis de la Fuente is about to become one of the greats in the encyclopaedia of our football."
Sport: "Spain back in paradise. Spain has defied the inventor of football and won its fourth European Championship - a unique record. No one had more reason to boast, because no opponent had more charm than Luis de la Fuente's team. There has never been a champion with more goals, never a winner with seven consecutive victories, four of them against world champions."
England:
Telegraph: "The agony continues. The pain continues. And on and on. 58 years and it still goes on for England. Gareth Southgate has said he wants it so badly it hurts. But what really hurts is what England are left with."
The Times: "Spain strike late and break England's hearts. One more thing - the message Gareth Southgate shouted after the semi-final remains frozen in time as a brief summary of England's pain. One more win. One more tournament. That's what England need to continue to end the wait and finally win something. They've fallen at the final hurdle again. If we're honest, we need more quality and also more ambition. They didn't play well enough and didn't risk enough to deserve more."
Independent: "Oh no, not again! Heartbreak for England as they fall at the final hurdle again."
The Mirror: "So close... and yet so far. England lose the European Championship in the final minutes of the historic final."
The Sun: "SPAINFUL! Three Lions suffer heartbreak again - Southgate and his heroes fall at the final hurdle."
The Guardian: "If football is coming home, it's because this final. belonged to Spain. A record fourth European Championship title was the reward for a magnificent performance in Berlin, even if it briefly looked as if England would pull off another illogical escape."
Switzerland:
Blick: "Spain are European champions for the fourth time. It goes without saying that this title is well deserved. Yes, the Iberians of the 2024 edition were the best and most beautiful European champions of all time."
Tagesanzeiger: "Spain's super team dominated the competition. Rarely has a team dominated a European Championship like Spain - and players like Yamal and Williams promise a dazzling future. England, on the other hand, must once again dry their tears."
Neue Zürcher Zeitung: "The best team of the tournament has prevailed."
lematin.ch: "Spain are European champions because they were the best team. It also had its weaknesses, but it concealed them with its seductive play."
Germany:
"Kicker": on the trail of the golden generation. The flight of fancy was crowned: Spain are the deserved new European champions. The team can work magic, we knew that. It fought its way to victory against England."
Süddeutsche Zeitung: "Spain's next golden generation. Tough for a long time, then spectacularly dramatic: the Spanish team's 2:1 victory over England made it clear that a new era of success is possible for the winners. For Harry Kane, the European Championship final also ends in huge disappointment."
Bild: "What a triumph! Spain become European champions for the fourth time after 1964, 2008 and 2012. And England? Missing out on the European final for the second time in a row after losing the 2021 final to Italy."
Italy:
La Gazzetta dello Sport: "Spain olé! Spain on the roof of Europe. Williams and Oyarzabal end the English dream. England's curse continues. "It's coming home" - and how. Está volviendo a casa. Nothing to be done: England must prescribe themselves another dose of patience."
Corriere della Sera: "The night in Berlin is that of Spain with Nico Williams, Yamal, Oyarzabal and Luis de la Fuente, who has created an armored cruiser in a year."
Tuttosport: "Record triumph: the best won in Berlin: Pure talent, sublime football, seven wins out of seven."
France:
L'Équipe: "The new kings of Spain. Four times olé."
Le Parisien: "Driven by its prodigies, Spain returns to the roof of Europe. The summer hit is Spanish, fresh, catchy, elegant and deserves to be at the top of the European charts."
Austria:
"Kurier": "England's dream shattered again: Spain clinches historic European Championship triumph. Spain are European champions for the fourth time after a dominant final against the usually passive English."
