[rushivasani]

Spain won....

A real good match for a final. But I must say, that if you were a german supporter then it was a frustrating 2nd half. They were not keeping possesion, not clearing the ball well ...I had said in my earlier post that its upto the big players and german biggies really disappointed today.

Talking about Spain, Torres except the goal was average. But Iniesta, Xavi, Fabreagas and Silva (Except missing a sitter) played well.

Dont forget Cassilas. The attcking approach and ball-punches that he got out were really good...

Deservant winners ....


This brings us to the end of Euro....Hmmm many positives and many negatives....

For me positives were

1) Arshavin (Whole team to that matter)
2) Senna
3) Silva

Negatives
1) Ronaldo
2) Klose
3) France

[coolroy]

My thoughts :

The most consistent team in the tournament won....with a 100 % record may I add. The perenial under acheivers have proved everybody wrong. Aragones stuch his neck out by not picking Joachim and Raul. He has proved all his detractors wrong. Marcos Senna has proved that he is one of the most under rated players in the world. Klose was a disappointment in the entire tournament. Torres stood up and got counted when it mattered the most.....and yes finally, heroes can turn into villains in a matter of just 2 matches. Lahm lterally pulled Germany out of a pit against Turkey, yet today, he was responsible for letting Torres get the better of him and score.

Regards.

PS : Just have a look at which people had voted for the eventual winner in the poll of this thread.

[nubin]

Kudos to Spanish Armada.... Its pure team play, not depended on STARS...
Gud play casillas and gang..

[abhish1]

Viva Espana!

Well to be fair to them, the team with the best record (all wins so far) and the maximum goal scored (11 before tonight) won!

What a cool finish by Torres. I don't think Lehmann was at fault there. Wonder what was Lahm doing stopping before Lehmann could come up really close to the ball. Germany looked out of sorts after that goal. They fought well in the second half, and not just long balls but slick passing as well. But they couldn't find the finishing touch. They became very physical towards the end.

Actually the point when Kuranyi was brought into play, that was when I thought it's game over for Germany. 4-3-3 with the mis-firing Kuranyi in the right doesn't seem to fit somehow. Full credit for the Spaniards for not sitting back and going after the goal till the last minute. Also credit for their midfielders who just didn't give the ball to the Germans in the beginning of the second half. I am sure if Villa would have been fit and playing in the second half he would have got at least a couple of shots on target.

Puyol and Ramos (as always) stood out for their bravery. Both Casillas and Mad Jens displayed some good goalkeeping. The second time Lehmann came upon Torres, that was perfectly executed.

It was really heartening to see the Spanish team celebrating as one. (Kinda makes us forget the Asien Del Horno episode where he refused to be photographed with the Spanish national flag). Congrats to Villa for scoring the maximum goals in the tournament. Congrats to Saint Iker for lifting the cup that have eluded them for so long.
I think it's about time that GoSpain gives everyone here a treat (ok, we can wait till your hangover is over )

[getintoiimb]

Spain Spain..Torres Torres
what a bright prospect..both aragones and rafa must be proud now
Spain i think had the best team so far and they've removed the chokers tag by finally winning a major tournament..now i can wear a Torres jersey to my office on friday and get some attention :laugh::laugh:

[the_egonomist]

I had this discussion with my friend yesterday. We argued long and hard about Spain's youth and the Germans grit.

Well anyways a good win for Spain ( from what I read).

Frankly, I didnt expect a 1-0 score.

And, at any rate Germany made it to the finals

Cheers.

P.S: Does this mean this thread has to be closed ?

[vishal_9feb]

Elated to see spanish victory .

I was banking on it from Day one.Luckily my prediction didn`t went for a toss.
Superb spanish soccer ....Njoy u deserve it guys...

[polpot]

Wont be a long post.

My thoughts on the match
1. Germany were rubbish

2. Spain were better

3. Ballack did not turn up. For all who accuse Ronaldo of not turning up on big occaisons. Ballack is losing his nth final.

4. Torres looks like a woman

5. If it weren't a man then a hot one too

6. Now no footie for a month and the longest period waiting for it to start

[evilblood86]

I pity Ballack.
I think this is the 7th final he's played in and lost....Some record

Well done la Roja.
Viva España.

[fire_kris]

Congos Spain, truimph of beautiful, flowing football.

1 Kris Marauders Krishan Gupta 270 2 Roy's Euro Devils Soumitra Roy 261 3 Euro Royals Roy 241 4 Go Portugal Joel 209 5 The Golden Horde MufeedZ 190 6 Project Mayhem Jok3r 188 7 Rampaging Reds Bill Shankly 170 8 anvesh's euro 11 Anvesh 170 9 Cristiano's Eleven C.Ronaldo7 167 10 Geckos Crew Gecko Crew 162 11 Euro 2008 Espana-Portugal Lawrence 161 12 The Lost English! Ankit Minocha 157 13 AbhiTeam1 TheHobbit 155 14 Team_Chaos Point_Blank 154 15 Utsav Utsav 150 16 Swagat's Marauders swagatsinha 145 17 alagati Varun Alagati 145 18 joy ma kali jose grant 139 19 Ambu11 Ambujesh 136 20 Polpot's Maginfique Jo Aguero 128 21 D evil 11 Xulfi 119 22 Levski Sofia Filip Anastasovski 116 23 Hyderabadi_Nawabs sid_dharth 112 24 Gunnerz_champs ankitknp 52

Yipee I won... With great battle from Soumitra and Vaibhav... Ultimately putting aside the arbit rules of Squadgod, the Bond is back and back with a bang... All India Rank 10

Ciao..
Kris