Spain goalkeeper Cata Coll has responded to Hannah Hampton’s claim that she threw her ‘cheat sheet’ into the crowd during the Euros final penalty shootout.
England won the shootout in Switzerland two weeks ago, with Alex Greenwood, Niamh Charles and Chloe Kelly all converting from the spot as the Lionesses retained their European crown.
Hampton saved two penalties from Mariona Caldentey and Aitana Bonmati, while Salma Paralluelo missed.
England goalkeeper Hampton stated during an interview that she noticed that Coll’s cheat sheet for the penalty shootout containing information about England’s players was on her water bottle so she picked it up and threw it to the fans.
However, that claim has now been disputed by Coll, who wrote on X: ‘Okay, okay, calm down, calm down. At least if it were true…’.
Speaking to talkSPORT, Hampton said: ‘The Spanish keeper had it (the penalty information) on her bottle, so 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.
Spain goalkeeper Cata Coll has dismissed Hannah Hampton’s claim that she threw her water bottle away during the Euros final penalty shootout
Hannah Hampton claimed she threw her rival’s penalty cheat sheet into the crowd
England won a dramatic final on penalties, with Chloe Kelly netting the winning spot kick
‘I don’t ever put it on a bottle because anyone can do that so I put it on my arm.’
An incredulous Sam Matterface replied: Picked up her bottle and threw it?’
And Hampton replied: ‘Yeah, it wasn’t hard. When she’s gone in the goal, it’s on its own isn’t it? It’s in the towel.’
When Coll returned to her towel, she was visibly confused to find a replacement bottle – which Hampton had put there – but no notes, and was left searching for her original one.
‘She was walking back to take the penalty and I was walking the other way and she was so confused, and I was just trying not to burst out laughing, being like, “I don’t know what’s happening!”.’
Matterface added: ‘This is happening at the key moment in a penalty shootout for the title of European champions?’ to which Hampton replied: ‘Yeah, you’ve got to do something, haven’t you?’.
Hampton was amongst five Lionesses to be nominated for the Women’s Ballon d’Or, with Lucy Bronze, Kelly, Alessia Russo and Leah Williamson also being shortlisted.
