The English men s football team missed the championship in 60 years, and the women s football team has won the European Cup again. What is important is that the protagonist is an Arsenal playe

The battle between old opponents ultimately depends on a penalty shootout to determine the outcome. In the early morning of July 28, the Women's European Cup final was held in Basel, Switzerland. England and Spain tied 1-1 in 120 minutes. England won 3-1 in the penalty shootout to defend the championship. Compared with the men's football team who missed the championship in 60 years, the English women's football team has achieved outstanding results.

The English and Western teams are old opponents, and have frequently fought each other in recent years. In the last European Cup, the two teams met in the quarter-finals. In the end, England defeated Spain 2-1 with Stanway's world wave and finally topped Europe. In the 2023 Women's World Cup, Spain defeated England 1-0 with Olga Carmona's goal and won the World Cup championship. The two teams in the women's football team in this season's UEFA Nations League match were divided into the same group, with each team winning one in the two group matches. This game is the fifth game between the two sides in important competitions in the past three years, and they are well aware of each other.

In this European Cup, the performance of the English women's football team was stumbling: they lost 1-2 to France in the first game and suffered a "black opening". Fortunately, they defeated the Netherlands and Wales 4-0 and 6-1 respectively in the second round, and advanced to the quarterfinals with the second in the group; in the quarter-finals, they fought with Sweden women's football team to a penalty shootout, and they passed the qualifying mark; in the semi-finals against Italy, Ajman scored a draw in the stoppage time of regular time, and was able to drag the game into overtime. In the 119th minute of overtime, England's star Kelly lost a penalty and shot into the net, and finally met with Spain in the final.

In this game, several players from the Arsenal women's football team dominated the direction of the game: in the 25th minute, Spain cooperated on the right, No. 2 Batt made a cross, and No. 8 Caldente, who played for Arsenal, scored a header, Spain led 1-0.

At the end of the first half, England made passive adjustments: Lauren James ended up due to injury, and head coach Wigman replaced No. 18 Kelly, who also came from Arsenal Women's Football Team. This substitution also changed the situation. After the change of sides, two Arsenal players in England successfully completed the connection: Kelly made a cross from the left, and No. 23 Lasso headed the ball and shot against the back angle to tie the score. After that, both sides made no achievements, and after overtime, they came to a cruel penalty shootout.

England's first player to play was Mead from Arsenal Women's Football Team. Her first penalty was invalid because of the second touch violation, and she re-established the free throw point. Her second shot was saved by the Spanish goalkeeper. Then, Caldentai made another appearance, and her penalty kick was also turned away. Another Arsenal player, England women's football captain Williamson, appeared in fourth place, and she failed to score a penalty. But with Bonmati and Palacolilo's successive misses in Spain, the initiative has returned to England's hands. Facing the match point, Kelly, who played in the end, seized the opportunity to score a penalty kick, and England reached the top of Europe again after three years. The team's Dutch coach Wigman also achieved great achievements in the women's football European Cup three consecutive championships (2017 Netherlands, 2022 and 2025 England).

This Women's Football European Cup has attracted relatively high attention. With 34,203 spectators attending the final, the total number of viewers reached 657,291, setting a record high in history.