WEMBLEY, United Kingdom —
England won a major women’s tournament for the
first time as Chloe Kelly’s extra-time goal secured a 2–1 victory over Germany
at a sold out Wembley on Sunday.
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In front of a
record crowd of 87,192 for any match in the history of the European
Championships, Kelly prodded home a loose ball from close range to end English
football’s 56-year wait for a World Cup or Euro victory.
England looked
set for victory in the 90 minutes when substitute Ella Toone’s sublime chip
over
Merle Frohms put the hosts in front.
Germany showed
remarkable resilience to bounce back as Lina Magull leveled 11 minutes from
time.
But for once,
England were not to be denied a major tournament success.
Kelly fought back
from an anterior cruciate ligament tear to be fit in time for the tournament
and made herself a national hero by being in the right place to pounce when
Germany failed to clear a corner in the 110th minute.
The Manchester
City winger tore her shirt off in celebration in scenes reminiscent of Mia
Hamm’s famous reaction to scoring the winning penalty for the USA at the 1999
World Cup.
Fortune did not
favor
Germany, who lost captain and top goal scorer Alexandra Popp to a muscle
injury in the warm-up.
But England will feel
their time for some luck was due as 12 months on from the Three Lions’ defeat
on penalties to Italy in the Euro 2020 men’s final, the nation’s women went one
better.
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