England vs Spain LIVE: Euro 2022 result and final score as Georgia Stanway screamer settles thriller

Georgia Stanway gets the goal her tournament deserves, England - so creditably, so resiliently - get to the semi-finals.

The show goes on thanks to a great show of character. Because, in so many ways, what actually makes this 2-1 quarter-final win over Spain all the more impressive was that it was a match when England were so often second best.

It was certainly far from their finest performance.

That, however, at once made it the game of the tournament while drawing out some of England’s best qualities; the sort of intangible strengths that really create champions; the kind of qualities that only come out on nights like this when the tension of it all is more exhilaratingly suffocating than the summer weather.

It all set up the sweetest and loudest of celebrations in Brighton, something beyond what Euro 2022 has offered so far.

Six minutes plus stoppage time. That is how close England were to the precipice, how close they came to throwing away a chance to win their first major international tournament and win it on home soil. Indeed, at times at the Amex, particularly during a one-sided first half, they could not have looked much further away from the standards set by their quarter-final opponents. Spain had done little to live up to their pre-tournament hype until then. Suddenly, the Lionesses were not fulfilling the favourites tag their performances in the group stage had earned.

And yet, it is in those moments, as the clock ticks down and something needs to change, that the presence of a best-in-class coach can make all the difference. England’s greatest asset at Euro 2022 is not Georgia Stanway, despite her spectacular winning goal struck from 25 yards out that booked a place in the semi-finals. It is not Ella Toone, the diminutive super-sub who equalised and is arguably deserving a proper run in the starting line-up. It is, instead, the manager picking that line-up and - more importantly - fixing it when required.

Sarina Wiegman plans for every eventuality. Just ask her assistants, who took charge while she was struck down with Covid-19 last week and in the build-up to this quarter-final. Were it not for the good fortune of a negative test result, confirmed only a few hours before kick-off, she would have watched from England’s Teddington training base, imparting instructions down a telephone line, but not seeing and analysing proceedings in quite the same manner. Perhaps, then she would not have made the same, bold decisions that turned this tie in England’s favour.

Spain will look back on that game and wonder how they let it slip. They dominated all the stats expect the most crucial one.

England 2-1 Spain.

England will now face either Sweden or Belgium in the semi-finals next Tuesday.

Their opponents will be decided on Friday when the Group C winner takes on the Group D runners-up in the third Euro 2022 semi-final.

Here’s a look at Georgia Stanway’s match winning goal that sent England into the semi-finals of Euro 2022:

The Amex Stadium is rocking as the fans have remained behind to join in with the celebrations. ‘Sweet Caroline’ is blaring out of the speakers.

England had to dig deep to claim that win. It was such a well-fought victory that the players deserve these celebrations.

“Job done, we’ll focus on the semis.” says England’s matchwinner Georgia Stanway in her post-match interview.

Sarina Wiegman’s magic touch works again. This time it’s for England who fought back from a goal down to defeat Spain 2-1 after extra-time.