Spain women's goalkeeper Cata Coll has denied claims by England counterpart Hannah Hampton that she threw away a 'cheat sheet' water bottle during the Euro 2025 final penalty shootout. England won 3-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw, avenging their World Cup defeat to Spain in 2023.
Hampton, who saved two penalties from Mariona Caldentey and Aitana Bonmati, revealed she noticed Coll had penalty information on her bottle and threw it into the crowd of English fans. 'I thought when she was going in goal, I'd just pick it up and chuck it into the English fans so she can't have it,' Hampton told talkSport.
'Mine is blank, but it has the same sponsors and stuff so I just put mine in there, chucked her one into the fans and she had an empty bottle. She was looking for where it is,' Hampton added. Coll, however, responded on social media by reposting the interview and writing: 'Okay, okay, calm down, calm down. At least if it were true...'
Hampton said England had studied Spain's penalties extensively, including watching 46 penalties by Alexia Putellas. She also noted she keeps her own penalty notes on her arm, not on a bottle. The win came after England's chaotic 3-2 shootout victory over Sweden in the quarter-finals, where both teams missed multiple penalties.
