English women’s football dominates the front page a day after 56 years of suffering has finally come to an end.

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“It wasn’t a dream… we REALLY beat Germany in the final,” read the front page of the Daily Mail newspaper on Monday, the day after tomorrow. England beat Germany 2-1 in European Championship final after Chloe Kelly’s dramatic winning score in the second overtime.

“The lioness brought her home,” wrote The Times.

“Can you believe it? Supported by 87,192 fans at Wembley and by millions at home, England finally managed to end 56 years of misery with a win over their old rivals Germany”, the Daily Express wrote before they capitalized on “IT HAS COME HOME”.

“No more pain for years. The victory of EC Lionesses has ended England’s 56-year wait for a trophy.

“Move you guys… It’s home!” wrote the Sun.

What many newspapers write that “has gone home”, is football. It has been sung since the famous football anthem “Three Lions” was released in connection with the men’s football European Championships in England in 1996.

It was 30 years since the England men’s national team won the World Cup final at Wembley against West Germany, but the “30 years of suffering” had to be extended to 56 years.

Sunday’s final win for the England women’s team against Germany – also at Wembley – was the nation’s second major title and comes 56 years and one day after the 1966 final.

“For the first time at Wembley Stadium, the home crowd sang their favorite song, not with hope, but in victory,” began The Times writer Owen Slot in comments on Monday.

“Football came home last night and didn’t find an easy way home at all. But the way it got here put the finishing touches on an incredible three-and-a-half weeks, not only for women’s football, but for the women’s sports movement in England,” Slot said.

The England players sang the now-famous lyrics as they stormed the press conference after the win:

“Game changer”, reads on the front page of The Guardian, referring to author Jonathan Liew’s comment where the title reads as follows:

“England’s win over Germany is just the start of the women’s game”.

“In front of 87,192 electric fans at Wembley, they beat Germany 2-1 to become European champions for the first time. Of course, it must mean more than this. When captain Leah Williamson lifts the trophy on her rainbow armband, in front of a record-breaking crowd and what will likely be the highest ever television audience for an English women’s soccer game, it feels like the end of a journey and the beginning of a journey. other. Liew continued:

“The first journey, the eternal struggle for resources and respect, for equality and position, is finally over. The second journey is without a map, without a driver and without an end”.