Nico Williams scored one of the goals in the decisive match of the tournament.
Spain national team midfielder Nico Williams was recognized as the best player in the final Euro 2024 football match against the England national team.
About This is reported on the official pages of the tournament on social networks.
The 22-year-old Athletic Bilbao football player entered the starting line-up of the Red Fury and opened the scoring at the beginning of the second half, taking advantage of Lamin Yamal’s pass.
In total, Williams played six matches at the 2024 European Championship, in which he scored two goals and provided one assist.
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Spain beat England 2:1 into the fourth won the European Championship once in history. The Red Fury became the sole record holder for this indicator, beating Germany by one title.
The Pyrenees played in the Euro finals for the fifth time. In 1964, the Spaniards defeated the USSR national team in the final (2:1), in 1984 they lost to France (0:2), in 2008 they beat Germany (1:0), and in 2012 they defeated Italy in Kiev (4 :0).
England reached the European Championship final for the second time in history, but again failed to win the trophy. In the decisive match of the previous Euro, which took place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gareth Southgate's team lost to the Italians in a penalty shootout (1:1, pen. 2:3).