Spain beat Germany to set up Women’s Euro 2025 final with England

Aitana Bonmati’s onslaught successful wounded clip downs Germany to nonstop Spain into Women’s Euro 2025 last against England.

Aitana Bonmati netted the lone extremity of the crippled precocious successful other clip arsenic satellite champions Spain edged Germany 1-0 successful their Women’s Euro 2025 semifinal to acceptable up a rubric decider this play against England.

A tense crippled successful Zurich connected Wednesday was ticking down towards penalties, erstwhile reigning Ballon d’Or Bonmati struck successful the 113th minute, astonishing the usually reliable German goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger astatine her adjacent post.

It was not 1 of Barcelona prima Bonmati’s astir influential performances, yet she inactive delivered erstwhile it mattered to support Spain connected people to triumph their archetypal European Championship crown.

They were besides grateful to goalkeeper Cata Coll for immoderate captious interventions, including a spectacular treble prevention to contradict Klara Buhl and Carlotta Wamser close astatine the extremity of mean time, arsenic Germany were agonisingly eliminated.

Spain’s Aitana Bonmati scores their archetypal extremity [Matthew Childs/Reuters]

Spain volition present look reigning European champions England connected Sunday successful Basel, successful what volition beryllium a repetition of the 2023 World Cup decider, erstwhile La Roja triumphed 1-0 successful Sydney.

If Montse Tome’s broadside travel retired connected apical again, they volition go the archetypal federation to clasp some the satellite and European titles astatine the aforesaid clip since Germany, astir 15 years ago.

Spain had ne'er beaten Germany before, and now, they beforehand to their first-ever Euro final, with the accidental to cement their presumption arsenic the starring unit successful planetary women’s football.

They should person been the fresher of the 2 sides here, having played their quarterfinal against hosts Switzerland a time earlier Germany got the amended of France connected penalties, aft playing astir the full crippled with 10 players.

Germany were besides missing 3 of their starters from that match, with Kathrin Hendrich and Sjoeke Nusken suspended and right-back Sarai Linder injured.

Christian Wuck’s squad did unsurprisingly person the bulk of the 22,432 assemblage down them astatine Zurich’s Letzigrund Stadium, and they had Berger successful goal.

A prima of the triumph implicit France, she made a good prevention to support retired a changeable from Spain’s Esther Gonzalez – her teammate astatine Gotham FC successful the United States – conscionable earlier the midway constituent successful the archetypal half, tipping the shot implicit for a corner.

Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger saves a changeable from Spain’s Esther Gonzalez during the Women’s Euro 2025 semifinals [Alessandra Tarantino/AP]

Spain skipper Irene Paredes headed against the station from a Claudia Pina corner, and Gonzalez was again denied by Berger earlier half-time.

It was past Germany’s crook to person the champion chances successful the 2nd half, but Coll made a important artifact from Buhl conscionable aft the hr mark, and the Bayern Munich subordinate besides curled a escaped footwear conscionable wide precocious on.

Then came the stunning treble prevention from Coll close astatine the extremity of the allotted 4 minutes of wounded time, arsenic the Barcelona goalkeeper kept retired a deflected Buhl changeable that was looping successful and rapidly got up to halt Wamser’s follow-up.

That was possibly a motion that it would not beryllium Germany’s night. They past saw defender Sophia Kleinherne travel disconnected successful tears aboriginal successful other clip aft overstretching portion trying to halt Salma Paralluelo going cleanable done connected goal.

Spain’s victor arrived successful the 113th minute, arsenic Bonmati fto a shot from Athenea del Castillo tally past her successful the country earlier beating Berger astatine the goalkeeper’s adjacent station with a changeable from a choky angle.

There was inactive clip for Coll to excel again, flying to her near to prevention from Lea Schuller arsenic Spain held on.

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