Girls’s Euro 2025: Spain attain closing after 1-0 extra-time win over Germany

Spain’s Aitana Bonmati struck an excellent extra-time winner to fireplace her aspect to a 1-0 victory over Germany on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) and ship them by way of to the Girls’s European Championship closing for the primary time, the place they may face reigning champions England.

Spain captain Irene Paredes struck the foot of a put up with a first-half header as her aspect dominated possession, with the Germans constructing a stable block and alluring the Spaniards to assault whereas they tried to strike on the counter.

Klara Buehl had a lot of respectable possibilities within the second half, together with a deflected stoppage-time effort that Spain keeper Cata Coll needed to claw away, however the recreation ended scoreless, forcing additional time.

Bonmati lastly broke the impasse within the 113th minute, selecting 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 aspect by way of to Sunday’s closing in Basel.