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The Guardian - UK
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Is Chloe Kelly the first player to score the decisive goal at two major finals?

England's Chloe Kelly, about to dispatch her winning penalty against Spain.
England's Chloe Kelly, about to dispatch her winning penalty against Spain. Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA

“Chloe Kelly scored the goal that won Euro 2022 and the penalty that won Euro 2025. Including penalty shootouts, has anybody else scored the winner in two major international tournaments? And which women have dominated a whole competition?” asks Emma Pollard.

For a player who has never started a knockout match at a major tournament, Chloe Kelly has had … a reasonable impact. She scored the winner against Germany in extra time in 2022, and the winning penalty in the shootout against Spain on Sunday. Kelly also set up Alessia Russo’s equaliser in the final, played a key role in both goals against Sweden in the quarter-finals, kept England in the tournament with a nerveless penalty in the subsequent shootout, and then scored a 119th-minute winner against Italy in the semi-finals.

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