Spain seek to erase pain of World Cup final fallout with Euro 2025 glory | Jonathan Liew
After traumatic fallout from their 2023 triumph, Montse Tomé’s team are fighting for more than just a trophy
For England, the last World Cup final remains a kind of open wound. The mistake by Lucy Bronze that allowed Olga Carmona to score the only goal of the game; Lauren Hemp hitting the crossbar; the opportunities not taken; the surges of momentum not rewarded; the sense of a golden inheritance slipping inexorably through their fingers. For the players who remain, and for coach Sarina Wiegman, Sunday’s European Championship final offers a chance for redemption.
If all this is normal and regular enough, then what is perhaps more unusual is that much of the above is also true for their victorious opponents.
