A MONUMENTAL Uefa Women’s Euro tournament in England got the record-breaking final it deserved at a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening, a match watched by 17.4 million people in the United Kingdom, the highest television audience of the year — with a further 5.9 million streaming on the BBC Sport website and iPlayer.

Ahead of the match, Georgia Stanway spoke of the game being a “big-girl battle” and talking to me after the Lionesses’ fraught 2-1 win after extra time, she felt her opinions had been justified.

“It was a massive game. It literally could have gone either way. Germany are a very, very strong side.