The UEFA European Nations Cup 2024 entered the finals of the tournament, which featured the final pairing of Spain and England, and Spain relied on substitute Mikel Oyarzabal to score a stunning 86th-minute goal to help his team beat England 2-1 in the UEFA European Cup final, making Spain the only team to win the UEFA European Cup four times.
The much-anticipated final was the 71,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany (Olympiastadion) In the first half of the match, neither side was able to break through the other's defenses and handed each other a whitewash to maintain a 0-0 draw. Recently, Spain has not been executing the Tiki-Taka pass as fully as it used to, but it is still a high possession side.
The game changed quickly after the break, as Spain's youngster Nicolas Williams received a great pass from the left side of the field from Spain's 'prodigy' Lamine Yamal in the 47th minute, and fired a powerful shot with his left foot, which went past England's goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and into the net, helping Spain to take a 1-0 lead.
However, England did not give up easily as England looked to win their first Euro title.After 73 minutes, Saka first brought the ball to the right side of the box and tucked the ball into the middle of the field. Bellingham played a short pass directly to Cole Palmer, who had followed up at the top of the arc and also came on as a substitute, and he took a big left-footed shot that took a low trajectory This beautiful shot also helped England equalize at 1-1.
The teams continued to be deadlocked until the end of the game. As they came to almost 86 minutes, substitutes like Spain's Oyarzabal first distributed in the center to Marc Cucurella on the left flank, who once again used one foot to cross into the box tuck, where oyarzabal, who had accelerated to follow up, slid the ball in with a downward sliding shot into the goal. At this point in the game, the superb long range wall-crashing goal was almost a death sentence for England, which left them resentful once again, coming second for the second consecutive time, and Spain's fourth Euro gold cup in history, the most in history, with Germany a close second.
This is also Spain's second Euro trophy after 12 years since 2012. Spain did not have an easy time in this tournament, the last eight games began to meet Germany and France breakthrough, and finally faced England also managed to repel the opponent.
This year's Spain was mainly a fierce offense that scored 15 goals during a seven-game winning streak, writing a new record in the history of the Europa League, and they didn't let up, conceding only four goals and managing to create a championship result.
