Euro-Stylish winners Spain sum up attacking tournament (Reuters)
Published 6/30/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
It was only fitting that Euro
2008 signed off with a classic final after three weeks of
consistently high-quality, attacking, entertaining football that
helped make it one of the best tournaments for years.
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Torres strike ends Spain's long wait
Redsauce posted 6/29/2008 from www.euro2008.uefa.com
Spain have been crowned European champions for the second time as Fernando Torres's first-half goal in Vienna proved enough to defeat Germany in the final of UEFA EURO 2008™.FANHOUSE Live Blog: GERMANY v SPAIN --- Euro 2008 Final --- (June 29) --- Vienna, Austria
MVNsoccer posted 6/29/2008 from sports.aol.com
June 29 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion | 2:45 pm EDT Kickoff --- U.S. TV: ABC --- Archived / by Irishoutsider: We want to thank everyone for making it a great liveblog, and we want to remind everyone to be on the lookout for our Thursday MLS chats. --- Thanks for coming out...Euro 2008 Final: In Pictures | American Soccer Reader
AmericanSoccerReader posted 6/29/2008 from americansoccerreader.com
A photo recap of the Euro 2008 final that saw Spain break a 44 year championship droughtSpain Crowned Champion of Europe with a deserved victory over Germany 1-0
dynamic posted 6/30/2008 from leoxa.com
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres was Spain’s goal hero, striking after 33 minutes when he cleverly lifted Xavi’s pass over Germany keeper Jens Lehmann. Spain dominated the final throughout, with Torres heading against the post and Marcos Senna almost adding a second from close range after 80 minutes. Michael Ballack came close for Germany, shooting narrowly wide after the break.EURO 2008 Final Highlights Video Spain 1 - 0 Germany
qrodat posted 6/30/2008 from soccereview.blogspot.com
Fernando Torres was the hero for Spain by firing them to Euro 2008 glory against Germany in Vienna - and ending 44 years of underachievement.
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European Championships I mean. Spain clinched a well deserved 2nd title which was 44 years in the making with this goal from Torres.
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Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was unsure whether he had played his last game for Germany in Sunday's 1-0 defeat by Spain in the Euro 2008 final.
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After 44 long years - virtually as long as the trophy drought still afflicting England - Spain finally threw off their chains on Sunday in winning the European Championship, beating Germany with a Fernando Torres strike.
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