Chloe Kelly choked back the tears and said she was "proud to be English" after scoring the winning penalty as the Lionesses became back-to-back European champions. The 27-year-old stepped up again after missing a spot-kick earlier in the tournament, despatching the winner from 12 yards following a 1-1 draw with Spain in the final.

Kelly held her nerve after two missed penalties from the Lionesses, but once Hannah Hampton made two saves and Salma Paralluelo missed the target, Kelly had a chance to clinch victory on foreign soil. In Switzerland, she stood tall and blasted an effort into the top corner, giving Cata Coll no chance.

"I am so proud of this team," Kelly told the BBC in her first interview as a double Euros winner. "So grateful to wear this badge. So proud to be English. I was cool, I was composed. I knew I was going to hit the back of the net. I don't miss penalties twice. Unbelievable. All the staff behind us and Sarina Wiegman - she has done it again! Unbelievable.

"It is going to be crazy. I hope the whole of England comes out to support us and shows their love to these girls as they deserve it."

Kelly then returned to an interview in which she choked back the tears to grace the nation with a rendition of 'Sweet Caroline' to launch the trophy celebrations.

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Kelly did not start the match but was brought on in the first half after injury to Lauren James. She was an inspired change, however, setting up Alessia Russo's second-half equaliser after Mariona Caldentey opened the scoring.

Goalkeeper Hampton made two spectacular saves in the shootout before Kelly netted a dramatic winner and the stopper added: "This team is just unbelievable, incredible. We’ve shown throughout the tournament we can come back when we go a goal back. We’ve got that grit, that English blood in us. We never say die, we keep going and we did that today.

"When Chloe stepped up I turned around to the fans, miming a kick and trying to ask if we score do we win, I’d completely lost track.

"They were just cheering at me so I didn’t know what the answer was, but then I saw that run up and that was it, we’ve won. I can’t believe it."

Across the three knockout matches England played, they led for a total of just four minutes, but those four mattered most as Kelly led celebrations in Basel.