England won its first Euro women soccer title after beating Germany 2-1 last Sunday.
Chloe Kelly’s second half goal on extra time made the breakthrough and propelled England to its first major women’s soccer title.
By the time Kelly scored, England looked to be tiring, even with the boost of the home crowd, and struggling to deal with Germany’s fresh substitute players.
The game had finished 1-1 after 90 minutes at Wembley Stadium with Lina Magull for Germany cancelling out Ella Toone’s goal for England.
Then Kelly prodded in a loose ball at the second attempt in the 110th minute, after Germany failed to clear a corner and secured England the trophy with a 2-1 win.
The tournament-record crowd of more than 87,000 underlined the growth of women’s soccer in Europe since the last time England and Germany played for a continental title 13 years ago.
England’s title comes 56 years after the nation’s only major men’s title, which was also an extra-time win at Wembley over Germany at the 1966 World Cup.
Meanwhile, Germany’s defeat is the first from its nine European finals it has qualified for the competition.
