Newsblog for the women’s European Championship
Unusual EM greeting from the royal family
Updated on July 27, 2025 – 12:46 p.m.Reading time: 13 min.
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Switzerland has been the center of European football since July 2. For the first time, the country expects a European women’s championship. 16 national teams compete against each other in eight cities to win the continental title.
On Sunday evening, England will meet Spain in the final of the European Championship on DFB-Schreck (from 6 p.m. in the T-Online Live ticker). Before the final in Switzerland, the “Lionesses” received an unusual and special greeting from the royal family.
On the platform X, this shared a musical video of an interpretation of “Football’s Coming Home” and wrote: “We wish the ‘Lionesses’ good luck in the final of the women’s European Championship.” Leah Williamson, captain of the English women, recently said: “We hope that the respect for women’s football, women’s sports and women generally continue to grow.”
The kiss scandal after the 2023 World Cup final could result in a special motivation for the European Championship final on Sunday for Spain’s footballers. At least that believes that in midfielder Ella Toone by opponent England. “After their World Cup title, everyone only talked about this topic. It was difficult for her and not deserved. So you couldn’t really celebrate your great tournament,” said Toone on Friday.
After the World Cup final in Australia against England, the then Spanish football association chief Luis Rubiales player Jennifer Hermoso grabbed her head with both hands at the award ceremony and kissed it on his mouth. This was later seen as a “sexual assault” and, among other things, sanctioned with a fine of 10,800 euros.
“It was a difficult time for the Spaniards,” said toone before the duel on Sunday (from 6 p.m. in the live ticker at T-Online): “Both want to win, and both have their own reasons for it. I think it will be a difficult game,” said the 25-year-old by Manchester United.
The “Mega-Save” by DFB goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger in the EM quarter-finals gave the UEFA dream numbers on the Internet. The video of the brilliant parade was viewed more than 20 million times at Tikkok. No other clip on a channel of the European Football Union achieved such a reach during the European Women’s European Championship. This also applies to the more than 1.3 million interactions of users – like likes, comments or other forms of participation.