Once again I must apologise for my tardy post on this topic, but I couldn’t help partying with the hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of Vienna after the match and then the next morning, after about one hour of shut-eye, I was boarding a plane to come home.
So by now there’s no doubt you’ve read all the reports and seen all the pics, therefore I’m just going to quickly touch on some of my fav moments of a highly entertaining, highly skillful match.
In my prediction, which I didn’t get to post, I stated:
For both teams it’s been a while between drinks although of the two, Spain has been the thirstier. The last time they won the European Championship was in like 1964; that’s 44 years ago! 44 frikin’ years man! That’s enough time to make anyone thirsty!… it’s fair to say that given the way Spain have played in this tournament they deserve to win it.
So my final prediction was Germany 1 – 3 Spain and had Torres scored the header that hit the bottom of the post and had Sergio Ramos picked a free corner of the goals with his diving header late in the match, that 1 – 3 scoreline wouldn’t have looked so silly. Never the less, the Spaniards walked away victors and yet again Germany were short changed in a major tournament final… good thing they have a young team who can bounce back to give it their all for 2010.
Spain celebrating their win
Torres goal:
Torres played the whole match like a man possessed! He chased down everything and made himself a menace for the German defense to deal with. I especially liked this one time when he showed up in the back line and pressured the ball all the way to Lehmann, whilst closing down his angle and forcing Lehmann to kick it out for a throw. If only he showed the same passion all year round with Liverpool.
Labels: Euro 2008 Final, Fernando Torres, Germany, Spain