Lionesses deliver greatest achievement in England football history after retaining European Championship crown

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Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses made history. The first England team ever to win a major tournament on foreign soil. The first to retain a senior title. And they did it the hard way, coming from behind in every knockout match, including the final. Wiegman cemented her status among the greatest coaches in football with a third European title and fifth straight major final. Even she admitted it was the most “ridiculous and chaotic” tournament of her career. At times, she joked, the players “almost killed her” but England always found a way.

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00:00this year it was meant for england lucy bronze england's most decorated footballer said it best

00:07despite carrying a fractured tibia through euro 2025 bronze battled on unwilling to miss her

00:14moment the 33 year old played until she physically couldn't in tears as she left the pitch an extra

00:20time of the final against spain being behind a legacy and helping deliver a second successive

00:26european crown serena weidman's lionesses made history the first england team to ever win a

00:33major tournament on foreign soil the first to retain a senior title and they did it the hard way

00:38coming from behind in every knockout match including the final weidman cemented her status among the

00:45great coaches in football with a third european title and a fifth straight major final even she

00:51admitted it was the most ridiculous and chaotic tournament of her career i must admit that um i

00:58always think this is the most chaotic and ridiculous tournament we have played um we have players that

01:05have talent um and the togetherness of this team is really really incredible but also the belief that

01:12we can come back down 2-0 to sweden in the quarters they forced penalties and triumphed

01:18training italy in the semis michel agmand equalized in stoppage time before that

01:24chloe kelly moment in extra time to send england into the final kelly who had been a super sub hero in

01:322022 delivered again weidman had rebranded substitutes as finishers and kelly proved the point

01:38with ice cold composure when it mattered most and the people that you don't see behind the

01:44scenes the staff members um to get us through this tournament um yeah i'm really proud to be

01:50english right now and i'm proud to be part of an amazing group of girls this squad led by leah

01:56williamson shaped by adversity fueled by togetherness delivered the greatest triumph in english football

02:03history as gold confetti fell and we are the champions played lucy bronze smiled she always believed

02:11now the world believes too

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