JAKARTA - The Spanish Women's National Team (Timnas) had to swallow the bitter pill after losing to England in the Euro Women's 2025 final at St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland, Sunday, July 27, 2025.
La Roja lost 1-3 on penalties after the game until the extra time ended 1-1. Chloe Kelly of England scored a penalty goal to win Euro Women 2025.
The achievement also defended the title they got in the 2022 edition. Not only that, but England also set another record.
Their coach, Sarina Wiegman - who brought her troops back from two goals behind to beat Sweden on penalties in the last eight and beat Italy in the semifinals with Kelly's goal in extra time - became the first coach to take her to five major championship finals (World Cup and Euro Women's only).
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Of the five finals, three of them won, namely the 2017 Women's Euro champion along with the Netherlands, the Euro Women's 2022 champion with England, and the latest Euro Women's Champion 2025.
Meanwhile, in the two Women's World Cups, Wiegman brought his troops into runners-up, one with the Netherlands (2019 edition) and the other while menukangi England (2023 edition).
In other words, Wiegman set a record as a coach who managed to bring his team to win Euro Women's three- editions in a row.
Spain on the other hand, with its golden generation in a slick trend -- the 2023 Women's World Cup winners and the 2024 UEFA Nations League -- unable to stop Lioness.
Indeed, La Roja took the lead in the 25th minute. Ona Batlle's cross shocked England's defense, which saw Mariona Caldentey score with a header to get past goalkeeper Hannah total.
Lauren James then suffered an ankle injury, making it more difficult for England. However, Chloe Kelly, who came off the bench to replace him just before the break, proved to be an inspiring turnover.
Kelly helped close the left side of the fragile England defense and provided Alessia Russo a cross in the 57th minute to convert into a equalizer.
Spain continued to dominate possession, but were unable to score goals again until normal time ended.
This story continues into extra time. They continued to press and look for opportunities, but were unable to penetrate England's defense until the final score was 1-1 in two extra rounds.
Entering the penalty shootout, Spain started brilliantly when Cata Coll stopped Beth Mead's shot.
However, England goalkeeper Hannah Marihas managed to save her goal from Caldentey and Aitana Bonmati, bringing Lioness ahead.
Coll again narrowed Spain's gap with a one-hand save to block Leah Williamson's shot.
However, the kick of Spain's substitute, Salma Paralluelo, went wide of goal.
It paved the way for Kelly to repeat his heroic actions in 2022, when he scored a winning goal in the extra time round over Germany which led them to the Euro Women's title at Wembley.
Kelly struggled his signature before slotting the ball into the net and ran happily to celebrate victory with his team-mates in front of England supporters.
"I am very proud, very proud of this team, very grateful to wear this badge. I am very proud to be British."
"I'm calm, I'm calm, and I know I'm going to score goals," Kelly said.
The final was the first time since its debut edition in 1984 - when England were defeated by Sweden - which was designated on penalties.
"It was amazing, amazing, showing throughout this tournament that we were able to bounce back when we were one goal behind. We had that fighting spirit."
"We have British blood in us. So, we don't give up and keep fighting. We managed to do it today," said miner, quoted by ESPN.
Meanwhile, for Bonmati from Spain, the defeat was bitter.
"To be honest, I don't have much more emotion. I've vacated myself from emotion. We're all tired."
"I have to apologize because in the end it was my fault, but I didn't score (penalty)."
"Congratulations to our opponents. In my opinion, we are indeed superior in the match, (but) sometimes, it is not enough in football," he said.
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