In the 86th minute of the Euro 2024 final, Spain scored the game-winning goal to defeat England and capture yet another significant prize. In the 47th minute, Nico Williams scored the first goal with an incredibly precise finish. 

However, in the 73rd, England replacement Cole Palmer scored an exciting equalizer. However, with four minutes left, Mikel Oyarzabal struck, and Spain won a fourth Euros.

Mikel Oyarzabal, a substitute, came off the bench to lead Spain to a record-breaking fourth European Championship triumph in Berlin, defeating a valiant but undermanned England team 2-1 in the Euro 2024 match.

On 86 minutes, Oyarzabal finished off a feed from Marc Cucurella to score the game’s winning goal, sending Gareth Southgate’s England to their second consecutive painful European finals defeat at the hands of Italy following their Euro 2020 penalty loss at Wembley.

Following a dull first half, Spain picked up the pace when Nico Williams scored the game’s first goal on 47 minutes after a superb pass from Yamine Lamal.

Even though Cole Palmer, who had only replaced Kobbie Mainoo moments earlier, scored a beautiful equalizer from 22 yards on minute 73, England’s resistance was eventually in vain.

England’s 58-year search for a major title continues as the investigation into yet another disaster gets underway, while Spain celebrates seven straight victories in the finals as the tournament’s best squad.

TALKING POINT: UNDER GARETH SOUTHGATE, WHAT NOW FOR ENGLAND?

Although there is little question that England has improved significantly under Gareth Southgate since he became national manager in 2016, they cannot really disagree with their most recent defeat against a superior, more forward-thinking team in the Euro 2024 final.

After winning Group C in an inconclusive manner by drawing with Denmark and Slovenia and defeating Serbia by a goal, they needed a late goal from Jude Bellingham to avoid losing to Slovakia in the Round of 16. 

They also needed penalties to defeat Switzerland in the Round of Eight, and they were fortunate to have benefited from a bad call by VAR when they were awarded a penalty in their Round of Four victory over the Netherlands.

Although there is no denying that England’s plodding style ultimately caught up with them, they did have some success on the field and in the draw during the knockout stage.

These nights are not going away anytime soon unless England learns to play a more expansive style of football and maintain better ball control. whether managed by Southgate or a different person.

Southgate said, “We didn’t keep possession of the ball well enough.” “It’s always close games, but I think they were the best team in the tournament and they deserved to win overall. They had more control over the game, and that can wear you down a bit.”