Reaction to Spain's victory over England in Euro 2024 final

BERLIN :Following is reaction to Spain's 2-1 victory over England in Sunday's Euro 2024 final in Berlin:

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente: "I couldn't be happier. To see the fans, to see the players. A real team, European champions. I said I was proud and today I am even prouder. It confirms what we are. For me, they are the best in the world and today I confirm that definition."

Spain's first goalscorer Nico Williams: "Euphoric. All our people deserve it. We suffered a lot. They had a good team. They have players who can make the difference but we were able to counter their weapons and in the end we won the European Championship and we are very happy."

Spain match-winner Mikel Oyarzaba: "I have done my job. I did what I had to do at every moment to try to help. I was lucky enough to give the victory. Just the fact of being in the 26, you value it a lot here. To have the moment to help as it has happened to me is the best. It happened to me but could have happened to anyone."

England coach Gareth Southgate: "We've competed until the very end of the final. I think today we didn't keep possession of the ball quite well enough ... They press you really well and you've got to get out of that pressure and we weren't able to do that and in the end that meant they had more control of the game. They were the best team in the tournament and over the piece they deserved to win.

England captain Harry Kane: "Losing in a final is as tough as it gets. We done really well to get back into the game, to get to 1-1. We could have used that momentum to push on. We couldn't quite keep the ball and we got punished for it.

"It's as painful as it could be in a football match."

Spanish forward Lamine Yamal: "Very happy and looking forward to coming back