Supreme Glory! Portugal defeats Spain and wins the European League again, Iberian heroes dominate Europa

2024/25 European League finals, Spain vs. Portugal, the peak showdown of European technical schools, and the highest stage of the Iberian derby.

Although the UEFA League has never been able to get rid of the "born" of friendly matches, one thing is to say that this is a formal competition officially certified by UEFA, a real money championship trophy. Although it is inevitable to deal with things at will and to piece together, the championship trophy is delicious after all.

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The two Iberians took the Spanish team back to the top of Europe after 48 in the 2008 European Cup, and completely settled in the position of the first-class European team. The Spanish team won the European Cup in 2008, 2012 and 2024 and the UEFA League championship in 2022/23; Portugal won the European Cup for the first time in 2016, and was also the first UEFA League championship in 2018/19.

From this perspective, it means that the European Cup 2020 and 2020/21 seasons have fallen behind. European football for the past 20 years have been completely monopolized by the two Iberian heroes.

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There are many schools of football generations, and they have been leading the way for decades. From Iberia's "two bears" to "two heroes", Spanish football and Portuguese football have gone through a sad and difficult road. Although the peak final battle was on the slightly lower European League final stage, it was also the common glory of Iberian football.

The pre-match reputation is almost generally optimistic about the Spanish team's defending title. If so, this young Spanish team will complete the three consecutive championships of the UEFA Nations League-European Cup-European League, paying tribute to the senior team who is invincible in football.

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However, since it is a derby, it is by no means a simple comparison of paper strength. Even in the era when the Spanish team dominated the football world, the Portuguese team can still compete with it. Furthermore, with the continuous emergence of a new generation of Portuguese football players in recent years, they have fully possessed the strength to compete with the peak generation of Spanish football.

Moreover, the Spanish team is in the light and the Portuguese team is in the dark. The Portuguese team made targeted key deployments for the right side that poses the greatest threat to the Spanish team - the left-wing man Mendez, who performed well this season, successfully locked down the right-wing demon king Yamal, who has been unrivaled since his debut.

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For some reason, Yamal, who never frightened in the big scene, rarely had his usual personal performance in this game, and his agile breakthroughs and shots were not there, so that coach Dela Fuente will replace him with Morata during the stalemate of the game. This also laid the groundwork for the Spanish team's failure to defend their title. After the game, Yamal's score was only 4.6 points, the worst in his career. Among them, the Spanish team led twice and tied twice. The biggest contributor was Mendes - this left-back who was already regarded as the world's first left-back shot to equalize the score 0-1, and then broke into the penalty area at 1-2 and passed the ball to assist Luo Ge in a volley.

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Penalty battle, Morata's penalty kick was rejected by Costa, and then Neves hit a fatal blow. Portugal ended the Spanish team's unbeaten record of 19 games and won the second European League championship in team history.

Mendes became the hero of Portugal's championship, but Rocco's game is also worthy of respect. Although this 40-year-old football legend has been in trouble recently, he scored a key equalizer with injuries in the final, and he was unable to persist in the game, which is completely worthy of applause and cheers.

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With the European League championship at the bottom, this young Portuguese team really has hope in the 2026 World Cup. Of course, the Spanish team is still the biggest favorite. Iberian football is bathing in the most beautiful sunshine.