Eng vs ESP, Ladies Euro 2025 final: Spain’s style against England’s Testament in title Clash

A title match between title defender England and World Cup winner Spain is the final of the European Championship of the ladies who wanted many.

How they came to Basel on Sunday is a completely different story.

Spain has usually searched for five games, except for a late fear in a tense semi -final against Germany. England has left long periods of three games and survived on the edge of elimination in both knockout competitions.

Spain is an extremely technical team with a dream midfield that combines two -time balloon d’Or winners Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmatí. England has an incredible will to win and has a few dramatic game changers from the bank, Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly.

«We always have the confidence that we have in terms of positioning and possession, we tend to be very accurate, and it is difficult to take the ball away from us. So we are everything for it,» said Putellas. ‘

It looks like an ideal final of contrasting styles. One only made it possible because the humble opening of 2-1 loss of England for France eventually loved the title holder from Spain from the Knock-Outbracket.

Four vs. 219. That is the number of minutes that Spain has left at Euro 2025 matches compared to England.

Spain fell behind between the 10th and 14th minutes of a group stage match against Italy when some starters were equipped because the team would probably end the top.

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England gave goals against France in their group for two first half, again to Sweden in the quarterfinals, and another for Italy in the semi -final. The equalizing goals of England of Agyemang in the knockout matches came in the 81st and then the sixth minute of the stopping time respectively.

«I think we killed her this tournament almost twice!» The English Ella Toone said of coach Sarina Wiegman. «She says we’re certainly outdated to her.»

Spain -midfielder Patri Guijarro said about the Resolve of England, ″ there is no vulnerability. And I think that above all their competitiveness has brought them that far. But what they do is not easy. ″

Spain and England defeated the others in winning their recent titles, and this year they were executing victories in a UEFA Nations League group.

England eliminated Spain 2-1 after extra time in the quarterfinals of his home-euro 2022. Does this sound familiar? England ran the 84th behind that day before two substitutes – Alessia Russo and Toone – helped and scored to force extra time.

Spain achieved a deserved 1-0 win in the World Cup Final 2023 played in Sydney, Australia.

Spain is now a series of 13 wins in 14 games, and the Blip was a 1-0 loss for England in Wembley in February. Spain won the Return Game 2-1 on 3 June and gathered with two Clàudia Pina goals in the second half.

For the eighth consecutive edition, the title -winning coach will be a woman.

The English Wiegman and Montse Tomé of Spain were in a minority of seven female head coaches with the 16 teams who started in Euro 2025.

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They are the last coaches to extend a winning run in 1997.

Wiegman won the last two, with England in 2022 and its native Netherlands in 2017. Germany coaches Silvia Neid and Tina, Tina, won the previous five. Since 1984, Spain has never reached the final in 13 previous editions.

The first last 41 years ago is the only one that is determined by a penalty shootout.

Sweden defeated England in a soaked, almost empty stadium in Luton after a final of two legs ended 1-1. The scorer of the decisive fine of Sweden, and the goal in the first stage, was Pia Sundhage, who coached Switzerland here to the quarterfinals and lost 2-0 to Spain.

The second shooting of England in the history of women was also against Sweden last week in the quarterfinals. A MADCAP affair saw only five of the 14 spot kicks scored and Sweden failed twice if the scoring would have sent England home.

Spain was involved with only one ladies -euro -shootout and lost to Austria in the quarterfinals of 2017.