England have done the (almost) impossible – beating Germany at Wembley to win Euro 2022
Substitute Ella Toone scored early in the second half for England with a chip over the German keeper Merle Frohms’ head.Toone latched onto a long pass from Keira Walsh to get in behind the German defence in the 62nd minute and cleverly sent a lobbed shot over Frohms and into the net.
Facing their first defeat in nine European finals, Germany came close when Lea Schüller hit the post and then levelled the score in the 79th when Lina Magull knocked a low cross past England goalkeeper Mary Earps, taking the game to extra time. Chloe Kelly pulled England ahead inside the last 10 minutes of extra time to put them on the brink of a historic win.
Manager Sarina Wiegman, who masterminded the England victory, remains undefeated at European Championship level, having won the tournament with her native Netherlands in 2017.Germany had suffered a major blow just ahead of kickoff when striker and captain Alexandra Popp was injured in the warm-up. Popp, who had scored six goals in five games in her debut Euros leading up to the final, was withdrawn from the line-up moments before kickoff due to “muscular problems”.A record crowd of 87,192 were in attendance, beating the highest total recorded in either the men’s or women’s editions of the tournament.
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