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England win Women’s Euro 2022 final: all the reaction – live!

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It’s the sentence many thought they might never read again, but here we are: England have won a major football trophy. It’s been a long 56 years since the nation’s last title-winning side beat Germany in extra time at Wembley. This time around – against the same old foes, at the same north London venue and again after extra time – it was the women’s team who made history and united the country in celebration.

Understandably since the full-time whistle blew, reaction has been rather delirious. People danced the the Trafalgar Square fountains at full-time, there were wild celebrations in Manchester’s fan zone, the players themselves gatecrashed a press conference and even the Queen got involved, offering her (slightly less unhinged) congratulations to Sarina Wiegman’s team. The calls for an extra bank holiday to be granted are sure to be amplified today.

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