Overview

• Hampton acknowledged on August 9 that she seized Cata Coll’s bottle bearing Spain’s penalty notes and threw it into the crowd before the shootout.
• She concealed her own scouting notes in her jersey sleeve and swapped her empty bottle for Coll’s to sow confusion.
• Her subsequent saves from Mariona Caldentey and Aitana Bonmatí, coupled with Salma Paralluelo’s miss, secured England’s 3–1 shootout victory.
• Hampton remains England’s first-choice goalkeeper and earned a place in the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Team of the Tournament.
• The incident has prompted debate over the ethical limits of gamesmanship despite the lack of any formal sanctions.