The German soccer players have missed their ninth triumph at a European championship. The team of national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg lost the final against England in London's Wembley Stadium on Sunday without the injured missing captain Alexandra Popp with 1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0) after extra time. The international press writes about this:
"Daily Mail": "The wild EURO final showed that women's football is not a tamer and gentler version of the game. So much hard work and sacrifice has paid off in two glorious (and bone-hard) hours."
"Daily Mirror": "Champions!!! England win Euro 2022 thanks to a late Kelly strike in extra time in impressive Wembley final against Germany"
"The Sun": "It's come home! (He's come home!) England's lionesses roar with pride as they celebrate their historic triumph at Euro 2022."
"The Telegraph": "The deepest pain in England's sporting soul has been blotted out. And it's a liberation accomplished by women - amidst scenes of pure ecstasy. (...) This is a sport that women in England have enjoyed for half a century was officially banned for a long time.As late as the 1990s, women's football on Fleet Street was derided as 'a game to be played only by consent of adults in private.'(...) But today, optimism has turned to short-sightedness and Contempt defied. It's a lesson (...): put women first and watch them soar."
'The Guardian': 'England crowned champions of Euro 2022 after Kelly sinks Germany in overtime.'
"The Times": "The fans chanted 'football coming home' and England had to defeat a team known for their resilience and whose representatives have so often stood in their way in the past. But England endured the constant test of Germany. They lived up to their expectations. They took the lead, lost it and then showed their character by winning it back. That made their performance even more meaningful because it was Germany."
"The Independent": "Kelly's goal not only brought victory at this women's European Championship and gave the lionesses their first tournament success in their history. One can assume that it will do much more. (...) Admittedly, if it wins or defeat, Sarina Wiegman and her players might have achieved that already. But now they have a trophy to hang everything on."
"L'Equipe": "England end their curse by winning the Women's Championship"
'Le Figaro': "Sarina Wiegman wasn't voted FIFA Coach of the Year 2017 and 2020 for nothing. Five years after winning the European Championship at the helm of the Netherlands, the Dutchwoman kept her crown, but this time with England."
"Libération": "The English women rule the Old Continent"
'Marca': 'It was their European Championship and they couldn't fail. England wanted to make their debut and they did it in a big way, with a packed Wembley and against a Germany that didn't know what it was like to lose a final.'
"La Vanguardia": "England has achieved its dream goal. Not even the best screenwriters could have written such a perfect story."
"Kronen Zeitung": "European Champion! England celebrates hot summer fairy tale"
"Kurier": "England fulfills the big EM dream"
"Blick": "England are European champions! Joker Chloe Kelly decides the final spectacle in London's Wembley in front of a record crowd of 87,192 fans in extra time. Germany feels disadvantaged - like in 1966!"
