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.. SPAIN, SPAIN AND MORE SPAIN The beauty -- and the agony -- of soccer is that over 90 grueling minutes, the difference often comes down to the blink of an eye.
A moment of brilliance. A moment of let off. Spain are the champions of Europe after being on the right end of that moment in the Euro 2024 final, with substitute Mikel Oyarzabal latching onto a perfectly weighted Marc Cucurella cross in the 86th minute for the decisive goal in a 2-1 win over England .
La Roja opened the scoring just after halftime on a flowing attack that Nico Williams finished off an incisive pass from 17-year-old Lamine Yamal . But England answered via Cole Palmer 's long-range effort in the 73rd minute. Then came Oyarzabal's goal, when John Stones was unaware of the run behind him and Marc Guehi lost track of Oyarzabal for just a split second.
The Real Sociedad captain poked the ball past Jordan Pickford , and that was that. With an overflow of young talent, this could be the start of a Spain dynasty , Jonathan Johnson writes. On the other end, it's the same old story for England , says James Benge.
Hours earlier, Spain had more reason to celebrate ...
and in England , no less. For so long in men's tennis, there was the Big Three: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovi.
