Spain coach Montse Tome felt her facet deserved extra after La Roja suffered an agonising penalty shootout defeat to England within the Euro 2025 ultimate.
The world champions, who beat England within the 2023 World Cup ultimate, had been favourites to dethrone the Lionesses and declare the European title.
And they appeared primed to just do that when Mariona Caldentey put Spain forward with a Twenty fifth-minute header.
But Alessia Russo levelled for England within the 57th minute, and Sarina Wiegman’s facet held agency in further time, regardless of the extra half hour being dominated by Spain.
Spain had been made to pay for failing to make that superiority depend, with Caldentey, Aitana Bonmati and Salma Paralluelo unable to transform from 12 yards, the latter’s miss permitting Chloe Kelly to safe glory for England.
“I believe this workforce deserved extra. I believe we labored laborious for a very long time to succeed in this second, to succeed in this ultimate towards a high-level nationwide workforce as an occasion and what we noticed within the recreation makes me assume that the workforce deserved it,” Tome instructed her post-match press convention.
“This is a sport, you should know lose, and at present we missed the penalties.
“I believe we had been higher, however soccer is a sport the place one of the best workforce doesn’t all the time win. England are a wonderful nationwide workforce, they confirmed their degree through the match. They draw, after which they defend themselves to get the penalties.
“This is our occupation. what we labored for, what they labored for deserved a unique ending.
“That’s why at present I’ve the sensation that we virtually reached it, however it’s gone. I actually worth all of the work carried out — we wrote historical past throughout the entire match, and the workforce was good.”
