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How Spain’s Euro 2024 Win Is a Step Forward in the Country’s Fight for Inclusivity
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent An icon of Catalonia, FC Barcelona is, it maintains, “more than a club.” In Spain, where soccer often has larger political reverberations, it was hugely symbolic that the country secured the lead in its 2-1 victory over England at Sunday night’s Euro 2024 final. In the 47th minute, Lamine Yamal took the ball on the right, cut in-field ahead of England’s Luke Shaw and played a lovely weighted pass into the path of Nico Williams. He screeched off the left wing, free of marker Kyle Walker, to side-foot the ball into the net with a clinical finish.
