Germany: Lehmann, Lahm, Mertesacker, Metzelder, Friedrich, Podolski, Frings, Hitzlsperger, Ballack, Schweinsteiger, Klose.
Spain: Casillas, Capdevila, Marchena, Puyol, Sergio Ramos, Iniesta, Senna, Fŕbregas, Xavi, Silva, Torres.
Well done to Spain. Well deserved. Great tournament.
Only two black marks: the continued exaggeration of injuries and the game being stopped when someone pretends to be injured (other than for head injuries).
Viva Espana.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Yeah, absolutely delighted. Best tournament I can remember. Even the winners were deserved. Well done Spain. My only regret, not lumping on Villa for top scorer when I was skint before payday. Well done Spain, best team won.
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Great tournament. Best team won without a doubt. My only regret is backing Luca Toni to be top scorer. Does anyone else have a bookie who greets them with a wide grin and slap on the back?
Delighted Spain won. It was a brilliant finish from Torres to seal the victory.
Although, I thought Silva should have been sent off for the headbutt.
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In seven heaven about Spain winning, being half Spanish myself. Two notes from the final.
Firstly this has been a team without a singular star player. Who is the Spanish player of the tournament. Mine is Senna followed by Silva. For others there's Fabregas, Villa, Torres, Iniesta, Casillas even Puyol, Sergio Ramos or Marchena. Actually I'm going for Capdevilla as he's a former Depor man.
Secondly, the team remembered the dead, namely Antonio Puerta of Sevilla, of whom Sergio Ramos wore a t-shirt with his photo at the final celebrations.
A team that has brought the best out in this sport.
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Only three red cards, two 0-0s and two penalty shoot outs in the whole tournament. Impressive stuff to add to the points already made about the good football.
Amazing tournament and the team that I wanted to win it from the start did so (even though I doubted them doing so). As Pineapple Stu's post above shows, the stats speak for themselves; the tournament was fantastic.
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I was wondering what that was all about as I thought the white jersey stuck out like a sore thumb among the Spanish jerseys. What was the green and white flag he was also wearing?
I have seen red cards for that ok but it wasn't a headbutt Zidane style. It was only the slightest movement and I am glad the German didn't go down rolling in agony. Others wouldn't have been so restrained.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Well done Lopez. I'm delighted Spain won it.
The green and white flag was the Andalucian flag.
I thought they both did a nod. Ref took the right decision. Looking at the size of Podolski to Silva and the fact he went over to him, he would have looked a right prat rolling around. El 'Abuelo' did the right thing taking Silva off though.
BTW: Anyone witness Lehman's rant about it all being a 'fix'. He should try being Spanish for the past 24 years. Boston 94 (Luis Enrique has a nose broken in the area), Wembley 96 (two, not one, but TWO, good goals dissalowed), Korea 2002 (bent linesman). Germany might have had a point if that had happened to them, but they couldn't get a shot on target the whole game. And let's not forget Matt Damon out of Team America's push in the back to get the third goal against Portugal.
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Xavi got player of the tournament
http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...757262,00.html
Squad of the Tournament
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands).
Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).
Midfielders: Hamit Altıntop (Turkey), Luka Modrić (Croatia), Marcos Senna (Spain), Xavi Hernández (Spain), Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Cesc Fŕbregas (Spain), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).
Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain).
Disappointed that Deco didnt make it
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
In Euro 88, I think there were no penalty shoot outs, red cards or 0-0s. Though obviously that's from a lot fewer games. Even still, it's commented on in the wiki article as being rare.
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
"No, I drink to help me mind my own business....can I get you one? (c) Ronnie Drew
Lahm wasn't great, but neither were the defences so that can slide. Very surprised Deco didn't make it as I though he was outstanding in Portugals games, certainly I would have him in over Modric. Van Nistelrooy should have made the team, ahead of either Torres or Pavlyuchenko to be fair
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