Mikel Oyarzabal scores the winner as Spain are crowned Euro 2024 champions

Spain were crowned European champions for the fourth time in their history following a 2-1 win over England.

It was a first half where neither team wanted to make a mistake and it showed. Spain started off having most of the possession, something England seemed comfortable with. With both sides being cautious, it was no surprise they went into the break scoreless.

Alarm bells rang for Spain at the start of the second half as they were forced to make an injury substitution with Martin Zubimendi replacing Rodri.

Spain did not let losing their anchor in midfield affect them too much as two minutes in, Nico Williams put La Roja in front.

Dani Carvajal started the move with a flick to Lamine Yamal. The Barcelona forward then spotted Williams making a run inside the box completely unmarked. He waited a bit before passing it to Williams who buried it past Jordan Pickford.

Spain turned it up a notch looking for a second and came close on a couple of occasions through Dani Olmo and Yamal but were unable to increase their lead.

Spain let England off the hook somewhat and ended up paying for it as substitute Cole Palmer equalized.

Marc Cucurella took a risk coming out to mark Bellingham who picked out a pass for Bukayo Said. He laid the ball off to Jude Bellingham inside the box. Bellingham then laid it off to Palmer who struck the ball from outside the box and past the stretch of Unai Simon.

Instead of using the momentum and trying to go for a second, England did what they've frustratingly done so much in Euro 2024 which is to sit back.

Unlike in previous games, this time it cost them as Mikel Oyarzabal scored the winner for Spain in the 86th minute following an inch-perfect pass from Cucurella. There was little for Pickford to do this time around.

England did have a knack for finding an equalizer or a winner late in this tournament. They almost pulled it off again as a header from an unmarked John Stones was blocked by Simon. Marc Guéhi pounced on the rebound only to see his effort all but cleared off the line by Olmo before Stones sent the follow-up over the bar.

Spain celebrated like they had just scored a third.

There would be no late heroics this time around as the referee blew the final whistle after four minutes of added time.

Spain were crowned winners of Euro 2024, adding another European title to their trophy cabinet. As for England, it was more heartbreak, losing their second consecutive Euro.

It's not often that the best side in a tournament ends up winning the whole thing. That wasn't the case this time around as Spain won all seven of their games in Euro 2024. Few had Spain making a deep run let alone winning it. But they did and deservedly so knocking out Germany and France in the process.