The EURO 2025 women's final in Basel, Switzerland promises to be very exciting. England want to successfully defend their championship title, while the Spanish women's team is determined to be crowned for the first time in the continental playground.
Spain beat England 1-0 in the 2023 Women's World Cup final. After that, they won the 2024 Nations League. The EURO women's championship is their only missing title.
Before the final, England star Ella Toone shared: "We respect them, but we also believe in ourselves, that we can really improve even more".
Toone, 25, scored his first goal for Lionesses ( England women's team's nickname) when they beat Germany 2-1 in extra time at Wembley to win the EURO Women's Championship 2022. She played an important role in the journey to help England reach the EURO 2025 women's final.
Its great. Having reached three consecutive finals for the England team is something we can all be proud of, Toone emphasized.
The England women's team reaching the finals of 3 consecutive major tournaments left a strong impression on Sarina Wiegman. The Dutch coach took charge in 2021 and immediately turned them into strong candidates in every tournament he participated in.
Before leading the England women's team, Sarina Wiegman helped the Netherlands women's team win EURO Women's 2017. Speaking about his coach, Toone said: "She is a great manager, someone we all trust and know that we are being led by people with good expertise."
This time, the road to the final for England is not easy as Lionesses have faced the risk of being eliminated many times. They were led 0-2 by Sweden in the quarter-finals, then equalized 2-2 and beat the Nordic team after the penalty shootout. In the semi-finals, England was led 0-1 by Italy until the 90+6 minute, before equalizing and overcoming their opponents in extra time.
Chelsea Chelsea, the player who scored the decisive goal for England in the semi-finals, emphasized: " Belief in the team, recovery and solidarity in the England team are really special".
England will play persistently and persistently but they will face a team with many excellent players, notably midfielder Bonmati - the reigning Ballon d'Or winner of the world. Bonmati scored the only goal to help Spain beat Germany 1-0 in the semi-finals.
"All the hard work we have put in has been rewarded," said Spanish coach Montse Tome.
Spain's squad has not changed much compared to the 2023 World Cup final. Alexia Putellas, only played a supporting role 2 years ago because at that time she was recovering from a knee injury. But at this year's EURO, this star has a much greater influence. That will be a challenge for the England women's team.
For Spain, they also have a reason to repay the debt against England, when they lost to their opponents in the quarter-finals of EURO 2022 after extra time.
If they beat England, Spain will become the first country to win the World Cup and EURO for women in a row after Germany in 2007 and 2009.
The England vs Spain match will take place at 23:00 on July 27.
