England's road to the final: Penalty heroics vs Sweden...
The European champions will be crowned today as England and Spain meet in a repeat of the 2023 Women's World Cup final.
Sarina Wiegman's side are looking to defend their title against the reigning world champions, who have never won this trophy.
As the top-ranked European team, Spain are favourites to prevail today but England were the last team to beat them, back in February. Start time: 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET, 9am PT
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England (4-3-3): Hampton; Bronze, Williamson, Carter, Greenwood; Toone, Walsh, Stanway; James, Russo, Hemp.
Spain (4-3-3): Coll; Batlle, Paredes, Aleixandri, Carmona; Bonmati, Guijarro, Putellas; Del Castillo, Gonzalez, Caldentey.
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If there's one thing we know about the Lionesses, it's that they never give up.
Their quarter-final win over Sweden was proof enough of that as they fought back from 2-0 down before winning on penalties.
Late goals from Lucy Bronze and Michelle Agyemang cancelled out Kosovare Asllani and Stina Blackstenius strikes, before a goalless period of extra time.
Then step forward goalkeeper Hannah Hampton for some penalty shootout heroics — even if the overall quality of the spot kicks was pretty poor.
You won't hear England complaining. They booked their semi-final place with a 3-2 win in the shootout.
It has not all been plain sailing for England at this year's Euros and they got off to a tricky start in their opening group stage match against France.
A 2-1 defeat meant the Lionesses suffered their first loss at a European Championship under Sarina Wiegman, with pressure on their remaining two games if they were to advance to the knockouts.
But they bounced back in convincing fashion with a 4-0 win against the Netherlands, before a 6-1 thumping of neighbours Wales to seal their quarter-final place as Group D runners-up behind the French.
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In 13 previous editions of the tournament, there have been five different winners.
England beat Germany at Wembley to become European champions for the first time in 2022. They took the crown from the Netherlands, who also won on home soil, also under current England manager Sarina Wiegman, in 2017.
Before that, Germany had won six times in a row, going all the way back to 1995. Norway won the second of their two titles in 1993, and Sweden won the inaugural tournament in 1984. Germany (once as West Germany, in 1989) – 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
– 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Norway – 🏆🏆
– 🏆🏆 Sweden, England, The Netherlands – 🏆
And what a treat this tournament has been!
We have had twists and turns, more games going to extra time than ever before and plenty of wonderful goals.
Either England or Spain will get their hands on this trophy by the end of the day — isn't it lovely.
As a reminder, there is no third-place play-off, so our Euro 2025 journey comes to a close today.
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St. Jakob-Park, Basel
The largest football stadium in Switzerland and home to FC Basel, St. Jakob-Park has a capacity of 37,500.
Three group-stage matches have already been played at the venue, plus the quarter-final between Germany and France.
Now it has the biggest prize: hosting the final of this tournament.
There are lots of viewing options for the match, if you'd like to watch it live. UK: BBC One, ITV1, BBC iPlayer, ITVX
BBC One, ITV1, BBC iPlayer, ITVX U.S.: Fox
Fox Spain: Movistar+
Movistar+ Stream: Fubo (save $20)
The match kicks off at 6pm CEST, local time, which is 5pm BST in the UK.
For those of you hoping to tune in from the United States, that is 12pm ET on the east coast and 9am PT on the west.
Hello everyone and welcome to The Athletic , where we are live from today's Euro 2025 final.
Only one team can be crowned European champions — reigning champions England or World Cup winners Spain.
There will be heartache, heroics and no doubt a good deal of drama, too. So stick with us as we take you through all the build-up.
It promises to be a classic!
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