Spain’s Aitana Bonmati struck an excellent extra-time winner to fireside her facet to a 1-0 victory over Germany on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) and ship them by way of to the Women’s European Championship final for the primary time, the place they are going to face reigning champions England.
Spain captain Irene Paredes struck the foot of a put up with a first-half header as her facet dominated possession, with the Germans constructing a strong block and alluring the Spaniards to assault whereas they tried to strike on the counter.
Klara Buehl had a variety of first rate possibilities within the second half, together with a deflected stoppage-time effort that Spain keeper Cata Coll needed to claw away, however the sport ended scoreless, forcing additional time.
Bonmati lastly broke the impasse within the 113th minute, choosing up a ball within the left channel and recognizing a spot at Ann-Katrin Berger’s close to put up earlier than whipping a shot from a decent angle into the web to ship her facet by way of to Sunday’s final in Basel.
