The UEFA Euro 2024 Final, played by Spain and England, took place at the Olympiastadion Berlin in Germany on July 14, 2024, in front of 65,600 fans who attended the game.
Spain line-up
Spain's Euro 2024 squad: The final 26-man team
- GK: Alex Remiro (Real Sociedad)
- GK: David Raya (Arsenal)
- GK: Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao)
- DF: Alex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
- DF: Aymeric Laporte (Al Nassr)
- DF: Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
- DF: Daniel Vivian (Athletic Bilbao)
- DF: Jesus Navas (Sevilla)
- DF: Marc Cucurella (Chelsea)
- DF: Nacho (Real Madrid)
- DF: Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad)
- MF: Alex Baena (Villarreal)
- MF: Fabian Ruiz (France Paris Saint-Germain)
- MF: Fermin Lopez (Barcelona)
- MF: Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad)
- MF: Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad)
- MF: Pedri (Barcelona)
- MF: Rodri (Manchester City)
- FW: Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid)
- FW: Ayoze Perez (Real Betis)
- FW: Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig)
- FW: Ferran Torres (Barcelona)
- FW: Joselu (Real Madrid)
- FW: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
- FW: Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad)
- FW: Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
England line-up
England's Euro 2024 squad: The final 26-man team
- GK: Jordan Pickford (Everton)
- GK: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)
- GK: Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
- DF: Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
- DF: Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa)
- DF: Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
- DF: Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United)
- DF: Joe Gomez (Liverpool)
- DF: John Stones (Manchester City)
- DF: Lewis Dunk (Brighton)
- DF: Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)
- MF: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
- MF: Declan Rice (Arsenal)
- MF: Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)
- MF: Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)
- MF: Conor Gallagher (Chelsea)
- MF: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
- MF: Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)
- FW: Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
- FW: Ivan Toney (Brentford)
- FW: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)
- FW: Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United)
- FW: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)
- FW: Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
- FW: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
- FW: Phil Foden (Manchester City)
It was 35-year-old Francois Letexier from France who was assigned as the referee for the final of the 17th UEFA European Championship. The youngest referee to take charge of a men's European Championship final, Letexier was teamed up with fellow compatriots, Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni as assistant referees, while Szymon Marciniak (Poland) will be fourth official. The video assistant referee (VAR) role has been assigned to Jérôme Brisard (France), assisted by Willy Delajod (France) and supported by Massimiliano Irrati (Italy). Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) completes the line-up as assistant reserve referee.
Fans exuded an excited atmosphere inside Olympiastadion before kickoff. The match started at 8pm local time / BST (7pm UTC), under a sunny weather. Spain played in red shirts, while England played in white shirts.
Nico Williams, one of Spain's breakout players at the tournament - gave La Roja the lead minutes into the second half when he smartly finished in the lower corner from a perfectly-weighted pass from the team's other emerging star, newly turned 17-year-old Lamine Yamal.
England equalized midway through the second half via a brilliantly placed left-footed effort from Cole Palmer from outside the box to restore parity at the Olympiastadion.
With only under five minutes remaining in regulation time, Spain took a late lead when Mikel Oyarzabal tapped home an inch-perfect pass from Marc Cucurella to cap off a victory and a splendid tournament for La Roja.
Bracket of the UEFA Euro 2024 matchups from Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and the Final:
Spain won the Euro 2024 final 2-1 after a drama-filled second half against England.
Spain midfielder Rodri (Rodrigo Cascante) has been named the Player of the Tournament, while Spain right winger Lamine Yamal has been named the Young Player of the Tournament.
Did you know?
Spain is the only national team to have won three continental and world titles in a row: EURO 2008, the 2010 World Cup and EURO 2012.
Spain won all seven matches at EURO 2024, becoming the first European nation to win seven matches at a major international tournament (EURO/World Cup) and just the second overall, alongside Brazil at the 2002 World Cup. They scored 15 goals at Euro 2024, the most by a nation in a single tournament in EURO history.
With the Euro 2024 victory, Spain has now become the only national team to win four European Championship titles, having previously won in 1964, 2008 and 2012.
As for England, they have become the first nation in UEFA European Championship history to lose consecutive finals, having been beaten by Italy on penalties at Euro 2020 and then Spain.
Source:
https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/sport/spain-england-euro-2024-final-spt-intl/index.html
Image: https://x.com/EURO2024/status/1812605275976655197/photo/1
