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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The two have been friends ever since they were teenagers, but their strong bond was put to the test during the heated encounters between Barca and Madrid over the past few years. Casillas and Xavi managed to put any conflicts aside off the field, and...
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Telegraph India
| 11 months ago
Spain might have made history but they intend to own the future. Cesc Fabregas warns that Spain's squad is young enough to rule the world for years to come. Vicente del Bosque's side became the first international team to win three major tournaments...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Torres skipped chance to score to allow struggling' Mata bag Euro glory London: Spanish star striker Fernando Torres, who won the Golden Boot in the Euro 2012, has said that he was happier setting up teammate Juan Mata for Spain's fourth goal in the...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Spanish football was everything you wanted it to be here on Sunday night. It had all those qualities whole and perfectly formed that there had been some reason to fear had, if not disappeared, at least eroded and who could not go into the night...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
The bad news for the rest of the world's elite international sides was that even as the Spanish players were leaving the Olympic Stadium in Kiev as European champions on Sunday night, they were already discussing the prospect of going to Brazil in...
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Telegraph India
| 11 months ago
58 AM Sunset : 6:25 PM Today Partly cloudy sky...Radnedge is a former editor of WorldSoccer magazine and has covered several World Cups for The Telegraph Too many football finals fall far below the level of expectation; they are dull, defensive,...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Their 4-0 defeat of a brave Italy side saw them become the first team to both repeat as European Champions and win three major trophies back-to-back. Spain won this tournament with its beautiful and efficient playing style that the rest of the world...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 11 months ago
Spain's conquering football heroes brought the Euro 2012 Cup home on Monday for a national fiesta big enough to chase away the clouds of economic crisis, at least for a while. After touching down in Madrid-Barajas airport, captain Iker Casillas in a...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Articles Spain Remain a Class Apart With the exception of a 4-0 victory over a poor Ireland side, Spain had gone through to the final of Euro 2012 by controlling games through steady possession rather than ripping through the opposition. Against...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Spain`s victory, which came thanks to goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata, means the side coached by Vicente del Bosque are the first team ever to retain the European Championship while winning the World Cup between the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Spanish Players Celebrate Historic Victory Over Italy With Family Spain were crowned Euro champion for the second time in a row following a sublime 4-0 win over Italy at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev. After the final whistle was blown, many of the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Scribes INC The Euro Cup 2012 ended with Spain claiming the European Championship title but the craze over the game seems to have not faded among the football enthusiasts. Recently, Mumbaikars saw the first ever football marathon in the world with an...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
Despite having seen his team thrashed 4-0 by Spain in Sunday's Euro 2012 final in Kiev, Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said he was proud of their achievements at the tournament. Italy went into the competition in Poland and Ukraine beneath the cloud of...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Suggested Topics The Spanish media has been heaping praise on their national side following their spectacular 4-0 victory over Italy. El Pais headlined with "Spain rewrites history", celebrating not only the achievement of winning three tournaments...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
if you are going to field half a dozen midfielders they might as well be Xabi Alonso, Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas and David Silva. There are several strikers inside that silky six, fighting to get out. A goalscorer found his...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Euro Soccer 2012 Spain's Destruction of Italy Silences the Doubters Published: July 2, 2012 The reign of Spain is not in question now. The world and European champion's 4-0 destruction of Italy in Kiev on Sunday leaves no scintilla of doubt...David...
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The Hindu
| 11 months ago
AP Italy coach Cesare Prandelli leaves the pitch after the Euro 2012 soccer championship final against Spain in Kiev. Cesare Prandelli took the coaching reins of the Italian national team in 2010 whe the Azzurri were rock bottom. Fast forward two...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Football lovers around the world must have expected a close fight between defending world champions Spain and Italy at the the Euro 2012 final following their 1-1 draw in one of the earlier league matches but Sunday was certainly Spain's day, as they...
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Inquirer.net
| 11 months ago
Not even Zinedine Zidane's France, or West Germany's great team of the mid-1970s, had ever successfully defended the European Championship before. Not even the many famous Brazil teams, or four-time world champions Italy, or Johan Cruyff's Holland,...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Fernando Torres believes team-work enabled him to become the leading goalscorer at Euro 2012 as he became the first player to score in two European Championship finals as Spain beat Italy 4-0 last night. Victory meant Spain became the first...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Iniesta played a central role for Spain in Sunday's 4-0 win over Italy as they became the first country to retain the title. Andrea Pirlo was magnificent for Italy, Xavi won it last time and could have won it again. Xabi Alonso was magnificent but...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Dismayed Italians were soul-searching Monday after Spain's crushing 4-0 victory against the Azurri on Sunday in this year's European Championship final. With its impressive win against Italy, causing some of the devastated Azurri to break down in...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Cesc Fabregas is not going to let jibes about 'boring' Spain spoil the best day of his life. The former Arsenal captain was a central figure in Kiev as Spain overwhelmed Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final to become the first side to win three...
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Ansa
| 11 months ago
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has blamed fatigue for his side's 4-0 drubbing from Spain in the final of Euro 2012. World champions Spain became the first team ever to retain the European title thanks to goals by David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando...
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Independent
| 11 months ago
This was a statement by Spain, a thrilling 90-minute advertisement to the world over how the game should be played, with skill, movement, bursts of unstoppable pace, with pass after pass after pass. This was simplicity and beauty, golden football...
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Novinite
| 11 months ago
Photo by detox.com Millions of people have been partying all night long in Spain after their national football team defeated Italy at the Euro 2012 final. The capital Madrid saw a huge improvised procession with torches, fireworks, national flags,...
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Indian Express
| 11 months ago
Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, Cesc Fabregas and David Silva repaid coach Vicente del Bosque's trust in fielding a starting lineup without a traditional striker by pulling the strings in yesterday's 4-0 victory over Italy. The four players were...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Records tumble in Spain's stunning triumph Kiev: Spain have been crowned Euro 2012 champions after a record-breaking 4-0 victory over Italy in the final at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev on Sunday. La Roja`s victory, added to their Euro 2008 and World...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata secured the title for Spain in a showcase of sublime passing and ruthless finishing. We had spent a lot of energy in the past week." "We didn`t get things wrong, but realized from the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata gave Spain the win against the Italians in Kiev. Spain were crowned European Champions in Austria in 2008 and followed that up with the World Cup in South Africa two years ago. Tens of...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Spain's Jordi Alba celebrates scoring a goal against Italy during their Euro 2012 final soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Kiev July 1, 2012. In pictures Spain's David Silva (L) shoots to score a goal against Ireland during their Group C Euro...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
25 GMT Jordi Alba doubles Spain's lead Before the final, the 32-year-old Barcelona midfielder admitted he would have liked to have been "more decisive" in key matches of the tournament, and he produced an emphatic display by setting up two goals.
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 11 months ago
Majestic Spain took their place among the game's greats by thrashing Italy 4-0 to retain their European title on Sunday, the biggest victory margin in a World Cup or Euro final - and all without a recognized striker. Their success rewrote the...
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Chandler Republic
| 11 months ago
Just like clockwork, Spain's "tiki taka" passing game tore Italy apart. The World Cup champions controlled the play Sunday in the European Championship final, as they usually do. They moved the ball up the field with short pass after short pass, as...
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The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
| 11 months ago
The star of the semi-final win over the Germans, Mario Balotelli endured a fruitless evening, while Andrea Pirlo was upstaged by the pass masters in the Spanish midfield. Dropped for the semi-final against Portugal, Cesc Fabregas returned to Spain's...
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Telegraph India
| 11 months ago
It started with Euro 2008, then World Cup 2010 and now the Euro again...And captain Iker Casillas, surrounded by his teammates, lifted the trophy. While rival playmaker Andrea Pirlo looked on in tears, Mario Balotelli stormed off the field to the...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
We mention the Brazil sides with Pele but it is absolutely unbelievable what they have achieved." Vicente del Bosque became the first coach to have managed a team to victory in the World Cup, European Championship and Champions League. And on a night...
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Telegraph India
| 11 months ago
Their high-class 4-0 dismissal of Italy at the climax of Euro 2012 here in the Olympic Stadium established them as the only nation ever to raise three major trophies in a row and the only one ever to retain the European title. This was also the...
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The Orange County Register
| 11 months ago
Even in slow-motion replays, Spain still seemed to play at 1 million miles an hour...Well, they looked as though they'd been locked inside a pinball machine, which, in a way, they had. Pablo Picasso, Antoni Gaudi and so on - that Spain has shared...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Caption competition News in pictures 140 Sport blogs Let's be honest, the perception most people have of students is that they spend most of the day in b... Bert van Marwijk, who led Feyenoord to Uefa Cup triumph in 2002, resigned as Netherlands...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Facts and figures after Spain's 4-0 victory over Italy in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday. * Spain are the first team to win back to back European Championships with a World Cup triumph in between. It is their third European title, equaling Germany's...
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Indian Express
| 11 months ago
Vicente del Bosque's team became the first side to successfully defend a European Championship title, as well as the first to win three consecutive major tournaments after their triumphs at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. Accused in some quarters...
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Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
July 1, 2012 Spain celebrates their Euro 2012 triumph over Italy on Sunday in Ukraine. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images) Spain put on a masterclass performance in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday with a 40 win over Italy. In a thrilling first half, Spain took a...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 11 months ago
Ukraine Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the final of the European Championship on Sunday...All times are Ukrainian. --- 2352: Spanish captain Casillas, surrounded by his teammates, lifts the trophy; Italy's Andrea Pirlo looks on in tears. --- 2345: The...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 11 months ago
Simply put, it was another Spanish party on the international stage. Spain won its third straight major soccer title Sunday, routing Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final and making it look all too easy. David Silva and Jordi Alba scored first-...
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Los Angeles Times
| 11 months ago
Italy's task was tough enough with 11 players, and it became impossible with just 10 after the 64th minute. All its substitutes were used when midfielder Thiago Motta, who had only been on the pitch for seven minutes, was taken off due to injury. The...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
World champions Spain took their place among the game's greats when they thrashed Italy 4-0 to become the first team to win successive European Championship titles on Sunday. Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata gave the...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Spain leads Italy 2-0 at halftime in the European Championship final on Sunday and looks well set to retain its title. David Silva scored with a header in the 14th minute, guiding a crisp Cesc Fabregas cross from the byline into the net after Italian...
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Associated Press
| 11 months ago
It's the final day of Euro 2012, with Italy and Spain going head to head for the cup. Follow the best of the action, photos and pre-match buildup here...Beautiful, slick passing and a far more attacking attitude than in previous matches. They've...
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NY Daily News
| 11 months ago
That's what Spain and Italy, respectively, having going for them in Sunday's Euro 2012 Final which is expected to draw 250 million television viewers worldwide. Spain, the defending European and World Cup champions, is looking to become the first...
