Berlin erupts as Spain beats England 2-1 in Euro 2024 final

As the Euro 2024 tournament drew to a close, Spain and England played a tight match before the Spanish emerged victorious.

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00:00As you can see behind me, the atmosphere is absolutely incredible.

00:04After Spain have just won and become the European champions,

00:09they are now the team with the most amount of trophies.

00:12They have won four Euros and one World Cup.

00:15Unfortunately, the English fans are now going to go home disappointed.

00:20Although they wanted a chance to win the silverware,

00:22they are used to pining and longing for a trophy.

00:26It has been 58 years.

00:28The gloves came off for both teams after a tense first half.

00:32When the score was 0-0, England managed to equalize the score to 1-1

00:37after Spain scored their first goal just a couple of minutes into the second half

00:42before getting their next goal just a few minutes before the end.

00:46Best moment in my life, honestly.

00:48I don't know, I'm crying of happiness.

00:51Really happy, really happy.

00:52I have suffered a lot in this match and also with Germany.

00:55I cried. I live in Germany, so for me it's amazing.

00:59I'm really happy about it.

01:04Absolutely gutted.

01:06He made changes way too late.

01:09We could have done this.

01:11You know what? We've all had a great time.

01:13Berlin is the friendliest city on the planet.

01:17We've had a great time.

01:19We're loving it.

01:21Even though we lost, it doesn't matter.

01:24But the manager needs to go.

01:27Unfortunately for the English men's team,

01:30they did not follow in the footsteps of their women's team

01:33who took home the Euro trophy a few years ago.

01:36New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined tens of thousands of British fans

01:41in watching the match live from the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

01:47Despite that, the atmosphere in Berlin is incredible.

01:51Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.