Reaction as England beat Spain on penalties to win Euro 2025
Sarina Wiegman's side defend European title and become first English team to win a major tournament on foreign soil
Hannah Hampton saves two penalties as Lionesses win shootout 3-1 - watch highlights
England's Alessia Russo cancelled out Mariona Caldentey's opener as match ended 1-1 after extra time
Downing Street to hold a special reception for the Lionesses later on Monday
An open-top bus tour to be held in central London on Tuesday, with a celebration held outside Buckingham Palace.
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England beat Spain on penalties to win Euro 2025
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Kids celebrating with a message on the beach, incredible performance and inspiring everyone, go Lionesses 🏴⚽️
Anon
Image source, AnonThe Lionesses are on their way home after making history once again.
We've been reacting to their incredible triumph all morning. Here is what you might've missed:
A picture can tell a thousand words...
Image source, Getty ImagesJust a couple of legends.
Image source, Getty ImagesLucy Tough Bronze. That is all.
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Hi there, I just wanted say something about Lucy Bronze to your live article: Lucy Bronze is the epitome of English women’s football. She played with everything in her power even if she had to play with her broken knees and fractured tibia. Playing whilst being injured shows how much passion and love she has for her country! She is the legend and she has yet again shown how her resilience and strength can bring together this nation! Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze, you ARE that woman, thank you for EVERYTHING!
Anon
Lucy Bronze encapsulates the determination and perseverance of this England team. I, as I’m sure so many others, am in awe of everything that she has done this tournament and through her whole career. I am so incredibly proud of her for what she does on the pitch and off. So delighted with all of the Lionesses! Lots of love.
Milly, Manchester
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I simply cannot find the words to express what the team have achieved and the manner with which they have done it. True professionals and now rightly legends of the English game. I've been hooked on the woman's game since I took my son to Team GB's first game at Cardiff during the Olympics. I recall saying "they'd kick West Ham off the park the way they're playing", I know that's not saying much, but as a hammer, I was enthralled with skill and talent. This English team, under the incredible management of SW, have taken the game into new territory. (I also hate to admit I was slightly critical of Bronze for the Spanish goal, as I didn't think she had her feet set right to head and attack the cross, yeah, fractured tibia may have been a factor! God I love that player! She is massive!)
Paul
Image source, Getty ImagesPlenty of records fell by the wayside as England defended their Euro crown.
The Lionesses had 11 different players scoring in Switzerland - Keira Walsh, Lauren James, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, Beth Mead, Aggie Beever-Jones, Lucy Bronze, Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly.
It broke the previous record held by Germany who had 10 different scorers sharing 21 goals in their victorious 2009 campaign.
Sarina Wiegman's side also claimed the record for the most different scorers in a single Euro game as six players - Stanway, Toone, Hemp, Russo, Mead and Beever-Jones - found the back of the net in a 6-1 win against Wales in the group stage.
Group D, which featured England, Wales, France and the Netherlands, also registered more goals than any other group in the tournament's history - 29 goals from six matches.
England also recorded the biggest comeback in a Euro knockout tie when they came back from two down to beat Sweden on penalties in the quarter-final.
The Lionesses also became the team with most wins on penalties in a single edition - as they saw off Sweden and Spain via shoot-outs to become European champions again.
BBC Radio 5 Live
Julie Tough, Lucy Bronze's aunt told BBC Radio 5 Live she knew about Bronze’s broken tibia and that it was discovered “some weeks ago”.
Tough told 5 Live: “They [the physios] said ‘can't be, you couldn't play if you had an injury like that’. It wasn’t until they did the scans and things and said ‘ yeah it is’.
“I don't think playing was going to help but I don’t think it was going to make it worse. Lucy wouldn’t damage her body but she’ll play through pain if she thinks she’s not going to do anything worse to it, so not let the pain get in the way.
“The team knew, the physios knew because they helped her through it.”
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Thank you BBC Sport for your excellent coverage. Like many women in England I grew up on the sidelines watching my brothers and Dad play football. The soundtrack of my life was the football scores on Saturday, I lived the highs and lows of the men's England team. I'm 52 and wanted to play football as a girl but there was no opportunity. All credit to the Lionesses and the thousands of men and women who support girls to play football! England Lionesses you have given me and all of us an experience the men's team never have. You bring joy, professionalism, inclusivity and team work to our national game. Inspiring! SO PROUD!!!
Anon
Jordan Butler
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To say that Lucy Bronze put in a heroic performance during yesterday’s final is quite the understatement.
The right back was substituted in extra time with an injury to her right knee and during her post-match interview revealed that she had played the entire tournament with a fractured left tibia.
The match was her 36th major tournament appearance which is the outright most in an England shirt and she showcased all that experience on the biggest stage.
Bronze made the equal-most interceptions and the second most clearances of any player on the pitch and she also won 10 duels – a number only bettered by Spain’s midfield enforcer Patri Guijarro with 13.
The Chelsea defender had 92 touches – more than any of her team-mates – as 52.4% of England’s attacks came down her right flank.
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BBC 5 Live Breakfast
More from Lucy Bronze’s brother Jorge speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast:
"For us it’s just fantastic to see with the adversity she has faced in her career.
"Whether that has been banned from playing with her team when she was 12, whether that’s injuries. Before the age of 22 she was told ‘love, I don’t think you’re gonna be able to walk because of your knees’.
"To see her be able to do that just epitomises who she is and we are so so proud, not just of who she is as a player but as a person as well."
BBC 5 Live Breakfast
Lucy Bronze’s brother Jorge speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast about his sister's fractured tibia: "It’s just casual, international major trophy winner with a broken leg, why not? We knew it wasn’t going to stop her.
"Sarina Wiegman said, it must have been after the Sweden game, ‘you’re going to have to put her in a wheelchair to get her off the pitch’. It’s going to be more than a wheelchair to get Lucy off the pitch, she’s going to literally be dead on the floor before she leaves that football pitch for England.
"We are just so proud of who she is as a person, as a leader, that absolute mentality monster that she is, coupled with the ability - she is just a machine."
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We need a statue of Lucy Bronze outside Wembley Stadium. The stats of what she has achieved in her career speak volumes. But she is so much more than that. The women’s game has evolved beyond recognition over the last 15 to 20 years. Nobody has embodied that more than Lucy Bronze. Come on FA, recognise what the women have achieved. Make Lucy immortal.
Mark, London
Image source, Getty ImagesWe found out last night that Lucy Bronze had been playing the whole tournament with a fractured tibia and according to her mum Diane, this was no secret in camp.
"We knew all the way through. We've known all the time and originally somebody said, well, it can't be a fracture because you wouldn't be able to stand up but she said, 'I've got high pain threshold and I can deal with pain'.
"There's lots of equipment and things that they've got, and obviously we knew the medics had checked it and they knew what they were doing and so does she, because she did a sports science degree.
"She reads research papers and things. She knows about injuries. That's how she can keep going. That's why she knew how to tape her own leg. She knew that she felt her muscle and she thought, if I don't tape this, I'm going to pull the muscles. I need to tape it now.
"Lucy has this kind of, never say die. [She fractured it] in June. It didn't matter how I felt, it's what she was going to do [play].
"She knows her own body and as I say, I trust the medical team. Chelsea knew about it. They all knew about it. We knew about it. I think a lot of the girls knew and not a whisper got out."
Image source, Getty ImagesEngland defender Lucy Bronze's middle name is Tough, which perfectly encapsulates her Euro 2025 performances.
After the Lionesses defended their European title against Spain, the Chelsea full-back told BBC Sport she had played the tournament with a "fractured tibia".
At 33 years, eight months and 30 days, she was England's oldest player at Euro 2025 and played 598 minutes throughout the tournament. Only Keira Walsh, Alex Greenwood and Hannah Hampton played more for Sarina Wiegman's side.
In the quarter-final against Sweden, she was shown on camera self-strapping support around her right leg during a break in play.
In Sunday's final, she was limping again but played through the pain and managed 105 minutes, before leaving the pitch in tears as she was forced off.
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Yesterday was the first time my 3 year old daughter has ever been bothered about a football match. She was excited for the game all day and was convinced England were going to win. Seeing her run around the living room after Chloe Kelly scored her penalty, is something I'll remember for the rest of my life.
Chris, Dudley
England forward Lauren Hemp was among those papped leaving the hotel in Switzerland with her prized possession.
No, not her Euro 2025 winners medal - her Beauty and the Beast lego castle.
It was quite rightly being protected by an umbrella, too, as she made her way to the coach in the pouring rain.
A quick search online shows it has 2916 pieces and costs roughly £240, for those interested.
Maybe her medal is in the castle?
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Rachel Brown-Finnis
Former England goalkeeper on 5 Live Breakfast
You see the Lionesses, their togetherness, being part of a team, what that means, how strong that bond is and how powerful it is - that ultimately is what got England over the line.
All the stats were in favour of Spain really but England won it. That togetherness is what is so special and lasts well beyond the playing days.
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I can't stop smiling! What an incredible group of women. Their togetherness is a superpower no other team can come close to. To be witness to their achievements is an honour this nation should treasure forever. Let the youth of today take this and run with it!
Sam, Chichester
Image source, Getty ImagesSarina Wiegman is the only manager to reach the final of all five major tournaments at which she has managed.
England's stunning penalty shootout victory over world champions Spain in Sunday's Euro 2025 final meant that the Dutchwoman has also won three successive European Championships.
She is only the second manager to achieve the feat after Christina Theune did so with Germany in 1997, 2001 and 2005.
Wiegman previously did it with the Netherlands in 2017 and then the Lionesses in 2022 before helping them defend their title last night in Switzerland.
Apart from the three Euro triumphs, she also took the Netherlands to the 2019 World Cup final, and England to the World Cup final in 2023. Now she hope to go one step further in the 2027 tournament.
Euro-winning head coaches:
Ellen White
England Euro 2022 winner on BBC One
These girls are constantly using their voice for change.
Wanting to inspire a nation and wanting to gain more opportunities for young people and young girls.
They're so inspiring - they want to make change. They are perfect role models.