England Secures Euro Victory Over Spain in Tense Final

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00:00What a final did we have.

00:02Spain, it was tough to see that they couldn't get it done,

00:06but England, the Lionesses, again, champions of the Euro,

00:10they seem to have it on lockdown this tournament, Nick.

00:14Oh, for sure.

00:15I mean, going to that final match,

00:17I mean, it was a tale of two halves.

00:20Spain dominating in possession.

00:22I think it was 65% or 70% possession for the Spanish,

00:26and it was almost in the bag,

00:27and it just shows the mental strength of the English squad

00:30who can come back and just do wonders.

00:32It's tough in penalties no matter what,

00:34but when you have an amazing keeper, Hannah Hampton,

00:38who's, like, stopping the most important goals from going in

00:42under such tight pressure, that's going to help you,

00:45and then, you know, you're just doing your job

00:47and finishing those amazing penalties, they just made it happen.

00:50Cami, there's a lot of controversy.

00:53Some people are not very happy about the style of play

00:56that England deployed throughout, you know,

00:59the elimination games, if you will.

01:00They were wasting time, pulling every trick from the book.

01:05The Spanish players were deeply, deeply upset about this.

01:10¿Se vale?

01:11Or is this playing dirty?

01:13Se vale.

01:13In my opinion, this is what keeps soccer exciting.

01:17I don't think we can ask of these teams and these players

01:20to erase this style of play.

01:22I think it's just part of the game in and of itself.

01:25And to give some harsh criticism, to be honest,

01:28if you're better, you're better.

01:29There's not really a lot of room for argument.

01:32I think it was disappointing for this Spanish team.

01:34I mean, when you compare 22 shots that the Spanish team had

01:37to eight of, you know, the Lionesses,

01:40it just kind of speaks for itself.

01:42If you're complaining about them wasting time,

01:43then maybe you should have put a couple more of those 22 shots

01:47in the goal at the end of the day.

01:49Ruthless.

01:50Cami, let's break down the game in the tactical aspect.

01:54What was lacking from the Spanish team,

01:57other than definition in the last third,

02:00that could have made a difference?

02:01I think what was lacking from the Spanish team was patience.

02:04I mean, they were trying to get these shots off

02:06too quick, in my opinion,

02:08and that's why they weren't able to put them

02:10in the back of the net.

02:11I think also, you know,

02:13when you compare the Lionesses,

02:14they're a scrappy team.

02:15We saw the quarterfinals, the semifinals.

02:18They were really fighting for those last-minute goals.

02:21They were fighting for every ball.

02:22And I think that in this finals,

02:24that is what the Spanish team was lacking.

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