“I couldn’t be happier. It was a wonderful day that crowned our team. I am even more proud. I hope this enthusiasm continues”. These are the words of Louis of the Fountain to the microphones of La1 at the end of Spain’s victory over England. “There is always room for improvement, this is our goal. The good thing about this team is that it always wants to improve.. These players are very strong”. “Thanks to the national team for a historic European Championship: with your game you made all of Spain vibrate”: Prime Minister Pedro Sànchez, present in the stands in Berlin, celebrated the triumph of the Roja at the European Championships in this way on X, saying he was “proud” of the “players”, the “team” and the “country”.
«We fought until the last moment of the final. Today we didn’t keep enough possession of the ball. They press you very well and you have to get out of that pressure, and we weren’t able to do that.” So said the England coach, Gareth Southgate, after England’s defeat against Spain. The coach did not commit himself on his future: «I do not think this is the right time to make a decision like this. I need to talk to the right people. It is not time».
Returning to the match, the coach observed that “it is certainly a disadvantage to have one less day to prepare but we were in the game for 80 minutes. It will take a while to digest it”. On Kane’s substitution: “Physically it was tough for him. He came into the tournament with only a few games and has not yet reached the level that we would all have hoped for. The games are extremely demanding and we thought that Ollie’s freshness would allow us to press better. I think the subs did what we asked them to do”. “When we got the equaliser we were still in the game, the game was still wide open. As always, in these games, it’s about details, but they were the best team of the tournament. Overall, they deserved it”.