Euro 2024 Final, England, Spain

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The British royals, Prince of Wales William who attended the final in Berlin with son Prince George who is 10 years old, were sitting next to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy On Sunday night. From Spain side. King of Spain Felipe VI and his daughter, Princess Sofia were in the Berlin's OlympiaStadion in Germany. Beside thousands of supporters who were chanting for each team, tried very hard to get tickets, to avoid missing out attending the tournament.

Fans who couldn’t buy tickets, watched the match on a screen at the Brandenburg Gate. According to supporters, tickets for the game sold out for around £1,400 each.

After thousands of England fans travelled to Berline and packed together to watch the match, hoping their team would make the history.

A tense match, with the first half, 45 minutes, in which both teams faced great challenges; however, they didn’t score any goals. The second half was more interesting that put the mind under more pressure.

The Spanish team scored their first goal, while following that Cole Palmer from England team with an accurate kick into the Spanish club net scored a perfect one. However towards the finishing, during the last 10 minutes of the match that went to stress out and mind exhausting, Mikel Oyarzabal scored the second goal, which left England heartbroken.

His Majesty King Charles encouraged the England team "Hold your heads high. Reaching the final was a really great achievement in itself"

The Monarch added "One that brings with it the pride of a nation which will continue to roar for the Three Lions."

Prince William posted on X after England's 2-1 defeat "This time it just wasn’t meant to be. We’re all still so proud of you. Onwards @England. W."

The president of the Football Association posted through his social account "We're all still so proud of you."

England captain Harry Kane expressed his feeling "We're all just hurting it was a tough tournament, the players had to show a lot of resilience.” He continued “The team played really well".

Regarding the future of the Team Manager Gareth Southgate, England players said "We love the manager, but it's his decision."

Southgate was asked about his own future, he said “It is not the right time to make such a decision.”

In the Euros 2020 final England lost to Italy, the tournament delayed to 2021 due to the Pandemic.