This Spanish Armada won't stop here!

He only played half the game but Spain midfielder Rodri called it the best day of his careerSpain looked to have suffered a major blow when Rodri went off with an unspecified injury at halftime in the European Championship final against England on Sunday with the score at 00Freak injuryRodri said he felt something odd in his leg after running into teammate Robin Le Normand and that he knew he couldnrsquot keep going after trying a sprintDespite Rodrirsquos absence Spain took the lead just two minutes into the second halfmdashLamine Yamal drifting in from the left to find Nico Williams who cut the ball under England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford Cole Palmer equalised three minutes after coming on as a substitute to give England hope but Mikel Oyarzabal came in sliding to tap in a cross and scored with four minutesremaining for Spain to win 21 and claim its fourth European title ldquoMy God what a day this is surely the best day of my careerrdquo Rodri said after he was presented with the player of the tournament awardPlayer of the final Nico Williams Player of the tournament Rodri Best young player of the tournament Lamine YamalRodri helped Manchester City win the Champions League title in June including scoring the only goal of the final against Inter MilanOn Sunday Rodri was replaced at the break by Real Sociedadrsquos Martin ZubimendildquoYou only have to see the family we have built Now we are the national team that has won the most European Championshipsrdquo said Rodri going on to pay tribute to Spainrsquos young players in particularmdashWilliams 22 and Lamine Yamal 17 They won the player of the match and young player of the tournament awards respectively ldquoToday we are champions of Europe but wersquore not going to stop here Imagine what comes next We made history but this doesnrsquot stop here The future for us is going to be everything We have the talent to keep going and winningrdquo added RodrilsquoThis bunch never tirersquoSpainrsquos coach Luis de la Fuente also hailed his young brigade and warned of more glory to follow ldquoItrsquos not that I thought we were favourites but I felt we were in a position to win the tournament and we did Itrsquos hard to improve on what wersquove done here but this group can keep growing because they do not tire of hard work These players have made history and they still have a long way to gordquo De la Fuente saidThe goals47th min Nico Williams right opens the scoring for Spain 1073rd min Cole Palmer hammers in the equaliser for England 1186th min Mikel Oyarzabal slides in to tap the winner for Spain 21This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever