Hannah Hampton has revealed she threw the water bottle owned by Spain's goalkeeper into the crowd before their Euro 2025 final penalty shootout.
Hampton threw water bottle into crowdIncluded notes on penalty takersHampton wrote her notes on her armFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! š¢š±WHAT HAPPENED?
Hampton was England's penalty shootout hero throughout Euro 2025 and, in the final against Spain, she saved two spot-kicks. The goalkeeper had notes written on her arm about Spain's penalty takers, but Coll, her opposite number, had her notes written on her water bottle.
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Hampton realised Coll's strategy, however, and threw the bottle into the crowd before the shootout. Coll did still save two penalties in the shootout but was unable to stop Chloe Kelly from giving the Lionesses their second successive European Championship victory.
WHAT HAMPTON SAID
Hampton told : āThe Spanish keeper had it on her bottle. So I thought when she was going in goal Iāll just pick it up and throw it into the English fans so she canāt have it.
āI never put it on a bottle because anyone can do that, so thatās why I put it on my arm. It wasnāt hard, when sheās in the goal itās on its own isnāt it? You just pick it up?
āWhen she saw my bottle in there instead, mineās blank but it has the same sponsors and stuff so I just put mine in there, chucked hers in with the fans and she had an empty bottle.
āShe was walking back and I was walking the other way and she was so confused, I was trying so hard not to burst out laughing.ā
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Hampton was named in the Team of the Tournament and is now gearing up for the new WSL season with Chelsea.
