With the final coming up on Sunday between England and Spain, there's just about time to interrupt our usual feed of music videos with a shout-out to some extraordinary animation work that has been gracing the screens for the past few weeks: Nico Livesey's brilliant "Claymation" trailer and title sequence of the BBC's coverage of UEFA Women's Euros 2025.

Following in a grand tradition of animated title sequences commissioned by BBC Sport for great summer events - including Livesey's ingenious turn for World Cup 2018 - the counter-intuitive use of old-school stop-motion techniques in the burgeoning age of AI for this tournament is a masterstroke. It highlights the extraordinary skills of a number of stars of the women's game - several of whom will appear in Sunday's final - in the punchy, super-imaginative and OTT style that you can only really get with the Clay. And with The Yeah Yeah Yeahs on the soundtrack we are in the same ballpark, so to speak, as a music video. 

So England's Lucy Bronze makes a brilliant last-ditch tackle, Wales's Jess Fishlock writes her name in flames on the pitch, England's Lauren James sends a scorching shot past a keeper, and the lightning fast feet of Spain's Aitana Bonmati (regarded by many as the Lionel Messi of women's football) literally twists her opponents in knots.  

If the semi-final between Spain and Germany is anything to go by, Bonmati will probably have the final word on Sunday too. 

• Blinkink's behind the scenes on the UEFA Womens' Euros 2025 project here