Mikel Oyarzabal scored an 86th minute winner for Spain in a 2-1 victory
Yamal and Williams offer Spain the belief that the future can be even brighter 
Spain beat four world champions on their way to the Euro 2024 trophy

On the final whistle it seemed most of the Spanish players were crying in Berlin but back in Spain there were no tears only wild celebration as the nation that won three straight tournaments between 2008 and 2012 celebrated kicking off what could be another golden age.

The fact that their wonder wingers Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal have just turned 22 and 17 is the basis for that belief in the future. Yamal will be 18 at the next World Cup. He could still be playing in 2042.

No wonder coach Luis de la Fuente, who has been brave right from the start of this tournament playing them both, is about to get a pay rise taking him from around 600,000 euros a year to 1.8m. Spain won every game scoring 15 goals in total, more than any team has managed in a Euros.

‘Let’s go for the World Cup,’ said man-of-the-match Williams. ‘We’ve got a great team to go forward with.’ The heroes of that run of three trophies over a decade ago, Andres Iniesta, David Villa and Xavi, were all in the stadium and will find it hard to doubt these players are capable of something similar.

There were huge public viewing spaces in 14 cities across Spain that included one in Barcelona and two in Bilbao. These are cities that certainly never host Spain games and where support has sometimes been lukewarm for the national team.

Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams both had excellent tournaments for Spain at Euro 2024′

s victory offers them hope that they are entering a new golden age

Jubilant Spain fans celebrate clenching Euro victory in Berlin

England are one of four World Cup winning teams that Spain beat during the tournament