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από UEFA Spain overpower Italy to win UEFA EURO 2012
Spain saved their best until last at UEFA EURO 2012, a final-record 4-0 victory in Kyiv completing an unprecedented hat-trick of major tournament wins.
Against a flagging Italy side whose thrilling knockout campaign looked to have caught up with them, Spain were in control from the moment David Silva broke the deadlock with a rare header on 14 minutes. A barnstorming second with half-time approaching from the indefatigable Jordi Alba, his first international goal, left the Azzurri with a mountain to climb. The sight of Thiago Motta, their third substitute, being carried off on a stretcher ended all hope, leaving Italy to play out the last 28 minutes with ten men – and Spain replacements Fernando Torres and Juan Mata fully capitalised.
This was billed as a meeting of great creative minds, of conductors in their prime, of Xavi Hernández against Andrea Pirlo; but for much of the opening stages it was a one-man show. Spain's No8 picked up the baton from the off, in harmony with Andrés Iniesta, dictating La Roja's now familiar staccato movement as Italy were forced deeper and deeper. The olés had already begun among the sizeable Spanish contingent in the 63,170 crowd when, just before the quarter-hour, the pair combined to such devastating effect.
It seemed nothing could now deny Spain a first competitive victory against the Azzurri in 92 years – at least over 90 minutes – but Italy were not done yet. Antonio Di Natale, scorer in the 1-1 draw between these sides three weeks ago, came on for Antonio Cassano and within six minutes he could have scored twice. His first chance, a header, was far from simple but the striker could have done better when Riccardo Montolivo's pass found him in space. He snatched at the chance, though, and the advancing Casillas blocked.
Yet Italy's slender hopes of mounting a comeback disappeared when Thiago Motta did likewise down the tunnel. It was left for Xavi to resume his conducting, slowing things down until, with six minutes remaining, he upped the tempo for a rousing crescendo. First he robbed Pirlo in midfield and set up Torres for a goal to add to his UEFA EURO 2008 showpiece effort – a feat no one has managed before – then he combined with Torres to release Mata, just on, to set seal on an emphatic win. It has been an emphatic four years.
Πολλές φορές η ιστορία γράφεται και από τις πτυχές του αθλητισμού. Και πρέπει να το παραδεχτούμε: Είτε μας αρέσει η Ισπανία ως χώρα, είτε το ποδόσφαιρο που παίζει η Εθνική της, είτε όχι, είναι γεγονός πως αποτελεί πλέον την πιο ιστορική ομάδα του παγκόσμιου ποδοσφαίρου. Πολύ απλά διότι έγινε η δεύτερη ομάδα που κατακτά τρίτο ευρωπαϊκό κύπελλο, όμως μόλις η πρώτη που κατακτά διαδοχικά το Ευρωπαϊκό (2008), το Παγκόσμιο (2010) και ξανά το Ευρωπαϊκό (2012).
Οι παίκτες αυτής της ομάδας θα μείνουν στην ιστορία διότι με ελάχιστες αλλαγές καταφέρνουν εδώ και περισσότερα από 4 χρόνια να παίρνουν τίτλους με χαρακτηριστική ευκολία κάτι που φαίνεται από το επιβλητικό 4-0 του τελικού που μόνο σημεία κόπωσης και φθοράς δε δείχνει.
Είτε μας αρέσει είτε όχι, η Ισπανία είναι η καινούρια πιο ιστορική ομάδα του κόσμου :[
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