Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal (centre) slipped past England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to score the winning goal during the European Championship final in Berlin on Sunday. Manu Fernandez/The Associated Press
BERLIN — Spain won a record fourth European Championship on Sunday with an 87th-minute goal from Mikel Oyarzabal to beat England 2-1, ending England's painful, decades-long wait for a major title.
The match at the Olympiastadion in Berlin showed England's recent resilience and looked set to go into extra time before Oyarzabal slid in to score from Marc Cucurella's cross.
England took the lead in the 47th minute when Nico Williams set up 17-year-old prodigy Rameen Yamal, but substitute Cole Palmer equalised in the 73rd minute.
Spain also won the tournament in 1964, 2008 and 2012.
The England men's team have now lost consecutive European Championship finals and have not won a major title since winning the World Cup in 1966.
It was another bitter defeat for one of the world's worst performing national teams, this time in front of Prince William and King Felipe of Spain at a venue built for the 1936 Olympics.
After the final whistle, Williams put his hands over his face before being embraced by his teammates, and Dani Carvajal collapsed on the field and was pushed down by his jubilant teammates.
Yamal, Marc Cucurella and Dani Olmo were among the first to jump over advertising billboards to reach the Spanish fans at the eastern end of the stadium.
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