It's Never Coming Home - This Insane Save, Whole Sequence To Give Spain The Euro 2024 Title Is Going To Haunt England For Years

All I know is the fact England not scoring here while giving up this match-winner is just final proof it's never coming home. Can we really be surprised? They caught too many breaks this tournament. Part of it is just how tournaments are but when you barely sneak by Slovakia, Switzerland and the Netherlands all in knockout stage you're going to lose at some point. You can only win in penalty kicks (or at the death) so many times in a row.

But this isn't necessarily about England. This is about Spain. They finally won and in somewhat perfect Spain fashion, it was a beautiful goal: 

Jogo bonito if you will. Just the beautiful game. It's what I wish we saw from the US, even if we don't have the horses for the race. Look, no doubt the first half was whatever but the second half was awesome soccer. That's how a Euros should be decided: 

But that sequence of the head save, missed shots. That's why it'll never come home. I'm worried about her though. She's the only one I feel bad for: 

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Hell of a run for Spain, easily the best team of the tournament. They caught their break too (the non-handball against Germany) but they were awesome from start to finish. Well deserved.