Spain’s super Sunday: Carlos Alcaraz takes Wimbledon, La Roja win Euro 2024; another Copa security disaster

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SPAIN, SPAIN AND MORE SPAIN

The beauty — and the agony — of soccer is that over 90 grueling minutes, the difference often comes down to the blink of an eye. A moment of brilliance. A moment of let off.

SpainĀ are the champions of Europe after being on the right end of that moment in the Euro 2024 final, with substituteĀ Mikel Oyarzabal latching onto a perfectly weighted Marc Cucurella cross in the 86th minute for the decisive goal in a 2-1 win overĀ England.

La Roja opened the scoring just after halftime on a flowing attack that Nico Williams finished off an incisive pass from 17-year-old Lamine Yamal. But England answered viaĀ Cole Palmer‘s long-range effort in the 73rd minute.

Then came Oyarzabal’s goal, when John Stones was unaware of the run behind him and Marc Guehi lost track of Oyarzabal for…


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Author : Zachary Pereles

Publish date : 2024-07-15 12:54:57

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