Spain 1 Germany 0
Sunday, 29 June 08, 10:53 PM · Comments (18)
A goal after 33minutes from Fernando Torres was enough to give Spain a thoroughly deserved victory in tonight's Euro 2008 final. A great through pass from Barça's Xavi Hernandez gave Torres the chance to show his speed as he outpaced Phillip Lahm to nick the ball skillfully over the advancing Jens Lehmann. It was fitting that Xavi and Torres should combine for the goal as they were the two best players on the pitch tonight.
Torres was a constant threat and he nearly put Spain ahead when he headed sergio Ramos's cross onto the base of the post after 22 minutes. Germany only really threatened in the first ten minutes but once Spain settled in their class began to show. In the second half Spain almost equalled the performance against Russia in the semi final and rarely looked threatened. Ramos, Iniesta and Senna all came close to adding a second but in the end the Torres goal was enough to win it.
Spain can clearly be credited with being the best team of the tournament with a balance of 11 goals for and only 3 against. The football they played in the second half against Russia was reminiscent of Barça's best football under Frank Rijkaard and it was great to see Xavi, Iniesta and Puyol all performing well for the national team. My only concern now will be sleeping tonight as the streets of Barcelona are pretty damn noisy at the moment. Oh well, I think I'd be better off going back out to the street to soak up the atmosphere.
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I was so glad to see Spain win! They deserved it and I would have gone nuts if Germany snuck past them right at the end or even equalized. Xavi, Iniesta, and Puyol were very impressive throughout the tournament.
Btw, who is that on Sergio Ramos's shirt?
A dream bcme real... Spain deserve it, but should have score more.. Spain=the champion of euro2008..44 years without a major trophy finally off
Andrew, the pic is that of Antonio Puerta, his team mate from Sevilla, who passed away last year. It was a good gesture...
Finally, after years of wait, Spain finally won!!! The entire team played amazing......
Highlights posted here (with German commentary): www.footytube.com
I don't know if any of you already visit this site, but I only recently came across it. I highly recommend it as a source of highlights/goal videos for recently played games.
Glad that the team that played the best footie through all the competition won!
Fabregas sucked, no wonder why Aragones subbed him!
~PURE DOMINATION OVER THE GERMANS~
What a performance
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The monkey is off their backs! Making this victory even better is the fact that ABC provided full coverage of the event in the US, which was preceded by a thorough spanking of David Beckham and his ragtag band by DC United.
Did anyone else get a kick from seeing Cesc being subbed off while Xavi and Iniesta played on?
Enjoy the party, Nic!
Enjoy the Party Nic. Finally this site celebrates a Cup !!!