England became the first team in history to lose two consecutive European Championship finals.
England captain Harry Kane commented on the defeat from Spain in the final of Euro 2024.
In the decisive match of the tournament, which took place On July 14 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Luis de la Fuente's team defeatedEngland with a score of 2:1.
“Losing the final is painful, as it should be. We got back into the game well, but then we couldn't use this opportunity to continue the pressure. We couldn't keep the ball and were punished at the end of the match it hurts, as it should in a football match.
It was a difficult journey. We did amazingly well to reach the final. We wanted this so much for ourselves and for the fans who believed. in us all this time,” The Guardian quotes Kane.
During his career, 30-year-old Kane has never won a single trophy. The forward appeared in six finals, but his team was defeated each time.
All Harry Kane's finals
2015 – League Cup (with Tottenham)
2019 – Champions League (with Tottenham)
2021 – League Cup (with Tottenham)
2021 – European Championship (with England national team)
2023 – German Super Cup (with Bayern)
2024 – European Championship (with the England team)
Note that with the defeat in the Euro 2024 final, Gareth Southgate’s team set an anti-record. England became the first team in history to lose two European Championship finals in a row.
At the 2024 European Championship, the Three Lions reached the Euro final for the second time in history, but again failed to win the trophy. In the decisive match of the previous European Championship, which took place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Southgate's team lost to the Italians in a penalty shootout (1:1, pen. 2:3).
The England team cannot win the European Championship or the world for 58 years. The only major international tournament where the Three Lions won a trophy was the 1966 World Cup.
It was previously reported that England head coach Gareth Southgatecommented on the defeat in the Euro 2024 final.
Recall that Spain won the European Championship for the fourth time in history and became the absolute record holder for this indicator, beating Germany by one title.