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The Hindu
| 11 months ago
AP Juan Matta (centre) holds the trophy with teammates during the celebrtion of the Euro 2012 soccer championship in Madrid. After attaining an unprecedented third major title in succession, Spanish football is all set for its next challenge: the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The 28-year-old struggled for form for both club and country in 2011-12, but was able to add the Euro title to FA Cup and Champions League triumphs. On top of winning the Golden Boot award, Torres became the first player to score in two European...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Euro 2012 winners Juan Mata, Jordi Alba and Javi Martinez were included in Spain's soccer squad on Tuesday for the London Olympics later this month. Chelsea midfielder Mata and full back Alba, who is set to leave Valencia for Barcelona this week,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Spanish coach Vicente Del Bosque has engrossed his name in the history of football by completing a treble of winning three major tournaments as a manager, which includes the Champions League during his spell as Real Madrid manager, the World Cup and...
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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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Sky News
| 11 months ago
Spain's victorious football team have taken to the streets in an open-top bus to celebrate winning the European championships. The side, which beat Italy 4-0 in the final match of Euro 2012, took part in a victory parade that carried them through the...
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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 Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Fernando Torres hailed a "magical evening" in Kiev after Spain thumped Italy 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012 and he scored a goal to land the tournament's golden boot award. The Chelsea striker joins an elite list of players who have won the European...
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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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Channel NewsAsia
| 11 months ago
Spaniard having had 189 minutes on the pitch compared to Gomez's 280. Four other players also ended up with three goals, Italian striker Mario Balotelli, Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo, rising Russian star Alan Dzagoev and one of the...
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The Hindu
| 11 months ago
AP Spain's captain Iker Casillas (2nd right) walks out of the plane holding the trophy with coach Vincente del Bosque (left) on arrival at Barajas airport at Madrid on July 2, 2012. The celebrations of Spain's Euro 2012 triumph began in Madrid on...
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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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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The Barcelona playmaker turned in an impressive display to help La Roja to their third consecutive major international tournament success, an unprecedented feat. After winning Euro 2008 under Luis Aragones, Vicente del Bosque has now guided Spain to...
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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
One of the greatest soccer tournaments of all time ended with a "cherry on the cake" final when Spain retained their European Championship title with a 4-0 win over Italy on Sunday. Their victory brought the curtain down on a glittering three-week...
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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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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Alan Hansen believes that football experts will be discussing Spain's Euro 2012 win for the next 30-40 years, after the side thrashed Italy 4-0 in the final to win their third straight major tournament. After winning the Euros in 2008, no one at the...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
The praise has been raining down on Spain from all quarters following their 4-0 destruction of Italy in Sunday's Euro 2012 final and the question on everyone's lips is are they the best team ever to have played the game? A scientist would say it is a...
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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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The Hindu
| 11 months ago
AP Spanish fans celebrate after Spain defeated Italy in the Euro 2012 final match in Madrid on Sunday. Europe took a deep bow before Euro 2012 champions Spain on Monday as their historic title from a 4-0 thrashing of Italy was named a divine delight...
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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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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
There have been plenty of talking points in this edition of the Euros, which left a deep impact on the teams and the game overall...That's a frightening prospect but Spain have shown matches can be won without having a striker in the starting line-up.
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Mail Online UK
| 11 months ago
2 July 2012 Their matches looked like men against boys at times during Euro 2012, so the post-match scenes that greeted Spain's victory last night seemed entirely appropriate. Having made light work of Italy in last night's final, Spain's all-...
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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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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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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Triumphant Spain turned their thoughts towards qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and retaining their world title on Monday even as they were celebrating success at Euro 2012. The Iberian nation became the first country to win back-to-back...
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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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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 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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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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Los Angeles Times
| 11 months ago
Spain swept to a 4-0 victory over Italy in the European Championship final Sunday to retain its title. Helped by the fact that Italy was reduced to 10 players in the 64th minute, while trailing by two goals, the victory earned Spain a record third...
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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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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
The greatest teams always peak at exactly the right time and Spain, giving an emphatic response to those critics who say their mesmerizing possession football is dull, saved their scintillating best for last at Euro 2012. Vicente del Bosque's side...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Vicente del Bosque played down a suggestion he had changed football by sometimes starting matches at Euro 2012 without a recognized striker after Spain crushed Italy 4-0 to retain their continental title on Sunday. Midfielder Cesc Fabregas was again...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Great Spain era', says coach Vicente Del Bosque Coach Vicente del Bosque has hailed Spain's "great generation of footballers" after their historic win over Italy in the final of Euro 2012. La Roja's 4-0 victory in Kiev made them the first team to win...
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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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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
Spain 4, Italy 0 Spain Flexes Its Muscles in Euro 2012 Final Eddie Keogh/Reuters Spain's David Silva, left, celebrated with his teammate Cesc Fabregas after scoring the first goal against Italy...This was classic Spain, inspired and precise and...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
David Silva (14th), Jordi Alba (41st), Fernando Torres (84th) and Juan Mata (88th) were on target as Barcelona midfielders Xavi and Andres Iniesta pulled the strings in their usual commanding style on Sunday after some slightly below-par performances...
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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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Time of India
| 11 months ago
Defending champions Spain secured an unprecedented third successive major trophy as they beat Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday...Goals from David Silva and Jordi Alba gave the world champions a comfortable advantage as they scored more than...
