It’s coming home! At long last, it really is coming home!
It took extra-time and a whole lot of nerves, but England beat Germany 2-1 to lift the Uefa Women’s Euro 2022 trophy in front of over 87,000 fans on Sunday. Goals from substitutes Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly did the job for England despite a 79th-minute equaliser from Lina Magull.
England beating Germany in the final of a major tournament. It doesn’t get much better (or rarer) than that, does it?
🏆 OUR ENGLAND. OUR CHAMPIONS. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/gf4BHUd5fW
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) July 31, 2022
Sunday felt like far more than just a major trophy win — even if it was England Women’s first-ever and the nation’s first since 1966. It felt more like an outpouring as history was made and a path was paved for the future.
As always, Twitter was awash with messages of congratulations and pure joy for the Lionesses, with celebrities, journalists and footballers alike having their say…
Absolutely unreal scenes at Wembley!! Massive congrats to the amazing @Lionesses!! @ellatoone99 take a bow for that finish too 👌
— Harry Kane (@HKane) July 31, 2022
The @Lionesses has finally bought it HOME 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
— Fara Williams MBE (@fara_williams47) July 31, 2022
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! THE @LIONESSES ARE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!! 😃
First major trophy for England (men or women) since 1966!🏆
A gripping final and a truly inspirational tournament. Wow. Just wow! 🏴
🍬🥕🦁 (Ba-ba-ba!)
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) July 31, 2022
https://twitter.com/AliRampling/status/1553819484531691521
ENGLAND ARE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY. 🏆#Lionesses | #WEURO2022 pic.twitter.com/RK1bLDLppv
— Squawka (@Squawka) July 31, 2022
I see you @Chloe_Kelly98 well done. Enjoy the free rounds of pints and dinners for the rest of your life from all of England. Cheers!
— Brandi Chastain (@brandichastain) July 31, 2022
What a day for sport! Go #lionesses 🙌🙌🙌
— DameKellyHolmesTrust (@DameKellysTrust) July 31, 2022
Amazing achievement Lionesses well done England!!! Emotional and perfect commentary from @rach_brown1 💪🏻🏴💪🏻🏴
— Tommy Fleetwood (@TommyFleetwood1) July 31, 2022
Football is a simple game. 22 women chase a ball for 90 minutes and, at the end, England actually win. Congratulations @lionesses. Fabulous.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 31, 2022
WE DID IT. OH MY WORD WE DID IT #Lionesses
— Jessica Charman (@JessTalksFootie) July 31, 2022
Incredible 👏🏻🦁❤️ History! @Lionesses pic.twitter.com/UCcf4jShdx
— Declan Rice (@_DeclanRice) July 31, 2022
Jokes aside, the global game just changed with that win. Bigger than England, by a lot.
— Meg Linehan (@itsmeglinehan) July 31, 2022
What the @Lionesses have just done is amazing and so damned bloody hard to do. A seismic moment for Sport in this country! Well done to you all 🏴 ❤️⚽️
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) July 31, 2022
Congratulations @Lionesses fantastic achievement 🏆 The first goal summed up the quality in this team 👌🏻 you are all role models for future generations who will take up the game because of what they’ve seen today ❤️ #Lionesses
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) July 31, 2022
There were some huge, defining moments throughout the match, from a number of interventions by goalkeeping hero Mary Earps, to the dramatic winner from Chloe Kelly — as well as the frightful equaliser from Lina Magull, which feels like a lifetime ago now…
https://twitter.com/sarahkcomedy/status/1553791128721301504
1-1. That #GER mindset is so strong. Magull.
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) July 31, 2022
Chloe Kelly used to get the bus to Wembley on FA Cup final day, buy a programme and then get the bus home. She's just scored at Wembley in a Euros final. Drink it in.
— Kathryn Batte (@KathrynBatte) July 31, 2022
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With records being broken left, right and centre, it’s all about the future now for women’s football.
As Gabby Logan put it: “The Lionesses brought football home, now it’s down to all of us to keep it here.”
Congratulations @Lionesses Huge result! And for the future of England’s women’s football & sport – you are an inspiration to us all ! #Lionesses #england #womensfootball
— Women in Journalism (@WIJ_UK) July 31, 2022