England’s heroine was Chloe Kelly, who came on the field as a substitute. There was enough drama in the final from the beginning. Before the match, Germany lost its best scorer and, according to the Swedish expert, a clear penalty kick.
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England has won the women’s European football gold. The “Lionesses”, who played in their home match, defeated Germany 2-1 in the final match in a full Wembley stadium.
The match was decided in the second half of the overtime match. England got a corner when the 110th minute of the game was on the game clock. Lauren Hemp sent a corner kick into the German goal, which the defender Lucy Bronze was able to continue with his thigh towards the goal. He was the first to score the ball Chloe Kellywho finally flashed the ball into the German goal.
Quite a celebration started in England, because the country’s previous adult championship win was the men’s World Championship gold from 1966.
Championship for England, the first in its history in the prestigious women’s competition. England has been in the European Championship final twice before, missing out on silver in 1984 against Sweden and in 2009 against Germany.
For Germany, the EC final defeat was the first in its history. The Germans played in the EC final for the ninth time.
A whopping 87,192 spectators watched the match at Wembley. It is the audience record for the EC finals, including the men’s competitions.
The hand foul in the opening half and its VAR review spoke volumes
The opening half of the match was energetic from both teams. Both tried to hurt each other with quick attacks, but England did a little better in the opening period.
In particular, the experienced English forward Ellen White had two excellent goal chances, which came from England’s speedy wingers Mead and By Lauren Hemp through. However, White’s companies remained cobblers.
Germany’s best goal in the first half also started the final’s other big talking point.
The Germans were awarded a corner kick which Lina Magull sent the goal to the player sum. The latest from Germany lost his leg in ball pinball Marina Hegering and the game tool bounced towards the goal. England captain Leah Williamson was the last between the ball and the goal.
When the situation was examined in slow motion from different angles, it was noticeable that the ball hit Williamson’s raised hand.
Referee Kateryna Monzul listened to the video race judge duo Paolo Valerin and by Maurizio Mariani view of the situation. However, the jury did not see anything to review in the situation and the game was allowed to continue.
You can watch Williamson’s hand foul and the discussion about the situation in the video below.
The Twitter account of the German football team made fun of the situation in the middle of the match. The team released a photo showing the ball hitting Williamson’s hand.
– The opening episode condensed into one picture, on Germany’s official account, was ripped off.
Referee expert for the Swedish public broadcasting company SVT by Jonas Eriksson in my opinion, Germany missed a clear penalty kick in the situation.
– Williamson’s hand was clearly out of the body and the ball hits it. I don’t think there is any question whether the situation is a comma, Eriksson said (you switch to another service).
‘s studio also took a stand on the subject.
– It seems a bit strange that the comma was not condemned. The ball is close to the goal line going towards the goal, ‘s expert Timo Furuholm comment.
– Does it say in the rule books that there is also a good chance that the comma will not be judged. The ball comes through the English players. The ultimate idea in the rule is to deliberately not play with the hand, studio host Riku Salminen continued.
– However, there was really nervous and bad defending in the situation when you kick the ball into your own goal, Furuholm concluded.
The substitutes decided again
The start of the second half belonged to Germany. “Die Nationalself” in his green away shirts was sharp in the attacking direction and the team constantly advanced dangerously through the English defence. However, the goals ran out when Tabea Wassmuth and Lina Magulli’s companies were shielded.
When Germany failed, England struck. The white-shirted home team played one down when winger Mead lay injured on the side of the field. English Keira Walsh saw a space in his own half of the field between the toppers, where he sent the ball. Entered the field from the exchange Ella Toone dashed through and picked up the ball elegantly by Merle Frohms.
England briefly took command of the game but were unable to add to their lead. The tempo of the game slowed down and Germany gained control of the ball.
Finally, Germany also struck. When there were 79 minutes in the Game Clock, Kathrin Hendrich destroyed an excellent pass space for Wassmuth. He served the ball to the goal post, where Magull ran and guided the ball irresistibly into the roof of the England goal.
The game progressed to a follow-up match and again England’s head coach by Sarina Wiegman the substitutes sent to the field decided the match.
England captain Leah Williamson was able to lift the European Championships championship trophy after the final whistle celebration. England’s women’s hunt for European Championship gold and honors, which started in 1984, has come to an end.
See all three goals of the match in the compilation below.
Poppi’s injury was revealed at the last moment
However, the shock news of the match was received even before the start of the match, when the National Anthems were played. Germany’s captain and goalscorer of the games together with England by Beth Mead having led with Alexandra Poppin was reported to have suffered a muscle injury during the warm-up for the final. The injury forced Germany’s number one to sit on the bench, outside the lineup.
Germany surprised everyone when they announced the injury just six minutes before kick-off. He was replaced at the top Lea Schuller, who was Germany’s presumed number one striker before the Games. However, Schüller was sidelined due to the coronavirus infection and Popp became the number one name for the Germans.
At halftime, Poppi’s absence was also speculated in ‘s EM studio.
– It’s hard to say exactly what the situation has been at this point, but when I saw Poppi’s reactions, it felt like the tears had already been cried yesterday. It stinks that Popp has been brought in for the warm-up, but it has been known that playing is uncertain, almost impossible, ‘s studio expert Timo Furuholm pondered.
Watch the halftime studio chat in the video below.