Former Lionesses boss Neville in tears after their Euro 2022 triumph
England and Germany faced each other in the Women’s Euro 2022 final at Wembley as both teams had won every match on their route to the final. The record-breaking final ended as a 2-1 victory for England, marking the first-ever European tournament won by an England side, either men or women.
was broadcasting the final in the company of David Beckham and got extremely emotional after England bagged the
Women's Euro 2022trophy at Wembley in front of 87,192 fans
Neville became the manager of the Lionesses in 2018 and guided them to SheBelieves Cup in 2019 before reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup later that year, sharing his pride in the Lionesses.
"
That’s changed women’s sport, never mind women's soccer,”
Neville said.
“There’s only one word, just immense pride.
"I watched the game with David and we jumped up, we celebrated and we felt just an immense pride watching it. I did feel emotionally attached because I always say, 'These are my girls. These are the girls that inspired me and made me a better manager.'"
Ella Toone put
Englandin front in the 62nd minute but Lina Magull equalized with 11 minutes left of normal time.
Chloe Kelly's extra-time winnerin the 110th minute handed the trophy to the Lionesses. Neville handed Kelly her debut against Austria in November 2018 and couldn’t be any prouder of her.
He added::
"She was just a little baby at the time. She was literally shaking as I put her on the field. Now she scores a goal in the Euro final. It was an emotional moment for me.
"I was going to say 90 minutes but it was extra time as well. It was an emotional moment because all these girls have inspired me and 87,000 people at Wembley Stadium and I think 20 million people back home in England watching [on TV]. That's changed women's sport, never mind women's soccer."
The United States has been dominating international football, being four-time World Cup winners and four-time Olympic gold medallists, are the No.1 country in the FIFA rankings. Neville thinks
USWNTis reachable for other teams who are catching up.
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America was always the standard-bearer,”
Neville said.
“I feel as if the rest of the world has caught up and maybe America’s maybe a little bit complacent now. Maybe this has given them a we-need-to-kick-on-again [feeling].
"I always felt that eventually, the world would kick up to the incredible coaching development opportunities for females in sport in America.
"Me, when I got the job, I was thinking we need to be like America on and off the pitch. I think the rest of the world is catching up very quickly and if not in some aspects taking over."
's side now will prepare for the next year's World Cup as they are already on the cusp of qualifying for the marquee event, leading Group D.
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