Vicki Sparks
Commentator on 5 Live Breakfast

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Chloe Kelly has had a really difficult season. It all fell apart for her a bit at Manchester City. She went on loan to Arsenal who she has now signed for permanently.

Speaking when she initially went on loan to Arsenal she said she was in a really dark place and ready to take a break from football before that move for Arsenal came through.

It’s so fascinating to me in a different way because she only just came back from her ACL before the Euros three years ago and only just made that tournament.

The build-up to both of these major tournaments, where she has ended up being England’s star woman, England’s decisive player in the key moments, has been really disrupted.

It was doubtful whether Chloe Kelly would make this England squad earlier this year.

Unhappy at her lack of playing time at Manchester City, she moved to Arsenal, but her tough start to the year had its happy ending on Sunday.

"There were a lot of tears at full-time, especially when I saw my family because those are the ones who got me through those dark moments. I am so grateful to be out the back end," Kelly said.

"If that's a story to tell someone that maybe experiencing something the same - tough times don't last. Just around the corner was a Champions League final, won that, and now a Euros final, won that.

"So, thank you to everyone that wrote me off. I'm grateful."

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It was not so long ago that Chloe Kelly was considering taking a break from football and Hannah Hampton had been dropped from the England squad.

How things change. Now the pair have been heralded as England's Euro 2025 heroines after the Lionesses retained their European title.

Substitute Kelly assisted Alessia Russo's equaliser and scored the winning penalty, having feared for her place in England's Euros squad following a difficult start to the season with Manchester City.

Hampton was the focus of attention at the start of the tournament after she stepped up as England's first-choice keeper following Mary Earps' retirement, and made a string of crucial stops during the final before making two saves in the penalty shootout.

Read more on their stories here.

Jen Beattie
Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

Women's football has been on such a trajectory of growth for a long, long time. 2022 kicked it on.

Another win back to back after the first time on home soil is just another bit to add to the legacy of these Lionesses.

What they have done for their country and football back home...If you still weren't a women's football fan before, you have to be now.

Karen Bardsley
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

I'd like to think that this victory will have a massive knock-on effect back home.

Hopefully this will inspire young girls back home to get into football without the fear of being chastised.

Go and have fun, have the freedom and confidence in yourself to do what you like.

Relive the penalty shootout, now safe in the knowledge that it went England's way...

England will have a homecoming celebration for their historic triumph with fans at an event in central London on Tuesday.

There will be an open-top bus procession along The Mall, which will start at 12:10 BST, ending with a staged ceremony in front of Buckingham Palace starting at around 12:30.

You will be able to watch that live across the BBC.

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The Lionesses have a busy Monday ahead of them, with some no doubt feeling a little fragile when they arise.

But, if anyone has earned it!

Their plan of action for today:

• Team set to leave their hotel in Switzerland later this morning.
• They will fly back to the UK at lunchtime and are due to land on home soil early afternoon.
• It's no rest for the champions as they are straight on to number 10 for a special reception.
• The event at Downing Street will hosted by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and sports minister Stephanie Peacock.

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The Lionesses are the first team to have three different matches go to extra time in a single edition of either the women's World Cup or European Championship.

Remarkably, they triumphed at Euro 2025 despite leading for just four minutes and 52 seconds in the entire knockout stages of the tournament - including stoppage time.

They have also now won all four of their penalty shootouts under Sarina Wiegman.

Mentality monsters.

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It's a third successive European title for Sarina Wiegman.

Speaking after the final, the Dutch manager said she hopes the final, and the quality of the tournament as a whole, will boost women's football even more.

“I hope it will push the women’s game even more. The level went up again. The intensity of the games went through the roof. I just think this tournament broke every record again with spectators and the television views," Wiegman said.

"I hope that will boost the women’s game everywhere and not only in England. I don’t know what to expect now in England. I think it will just boost again.”

Here's more from the major trophy serial winner.

If you missed anything, or simply want to relive it again, here are the highlights from the Euro 2025 final.

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England cemented their place in history with a stunning penalty-shootout victory over Spain to retain their European title at Euro 2025.

Chloe Kelly, who scored the iconic winner at Wembley in the final of Euro 2022, was the hero again as she converted the decisive spot-kick to seal victory after Spain had missed three in a row, with Hannah Hampton saving two of them.

Mariona Caldentey's first-half header had put Spain in control, but Kelly's whipped cross picked out Alessia Russo, who headed the ball into the far corner to make it 1-1.

It is the first time an England team has won a major trophy on foreign soil and seals manager Sarina Wiegman's status as one of the world's greatest with her third successive European title - achieved with two countries.

Read the report here.

We'll bring you all the reaction and analysis to England's triumph this morning.

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They certainly didn't make it easy for us.

But one more dramatic penalty shootout later, England have retained their European title!

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