Bitter Spanish press slam Chloe Kelly's ‘cocky' celebration as stars moan they were much BETTER than ‘lucky' England
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The Spanish media has hit out at the Lionesses
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They lost on penalties to England
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The Lionesses became back-to-back European champions on Sunday
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Hero Kelly has triggered the Spanish press
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But despite
Spain
's media think
Basel
.
Chloe
Kelly and her "cocky" gesture after her spot kick, which saw her coolly point a finger at the crowd.
The Spanish outlet wrote: "This is unnecessary, my friend: Kelly's cocky gesture to [goalkeeper] Cata Coll after scoring the decisive penalty.
"The
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In their match report, the outlet said: "The dream ends in a nightmare.
"Spain lost the European
Championship
on penalties. England tied a match that Spain largely dominated.
"
History
is made by victories, and also by defeats. Spain fell in the Euro Cup final but left its name sealed in gold.
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"England robbed them of their dream; the world champions couldn't close the circle they began to write two years ago in
Sydney
.
"They couldn't have been crueler in the penalty shootout, tossing a few dice in the air."
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2023 World Cup winners Spain's players labelled England as "lucky" in their post-match
interviews
.
Captain Irene Paredes told Spanish TV
"We tried everything, all the different ways, and then the penalties didn't go our way. I thought we deserved it more but in the end it is not about who deserves it.
"It is about having that bit of luck and England had that throughout the whole tournament. We thought we could overcome that but we weren't able to.
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"I think we had more control of the game than they did, we created more clear chances, we had more possession… But yeah, nothing else."
Meanwhile, two-time reigning
Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmati
thought her side were "far superior".
Bonmati, who missed her penalty in the shoot out,
told Spainsh outlet
I think we've all given up; it's been a long time here, and it's been very cruel
.
"In terms of play, we were far superior to our opponents, but in
football
, that's not enough.
"
She added: "To be a winning team in a tournament like this, you have to have some luck, and they had plenty of luck.
"We know how to do it better when it comes to penalties."
Mariona Caldentey's first half header was cancelled out by Alessia Russo in the 57th minute, with the score locked all the way to the end of extra time.
England's
Euro 2022 winning goalscorer Kelly hammered her spot kick into the top left hand corner to avenge her side's World Cup 2023 defeat to Spain and seal victory for her country.
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