Congrats Spain they have smashed Italy by a clear 4-0 margin on their way towards third major triumph inside 4 years

Final of UEFA EURO 2012

Spain-4(David Silva 14`, Jordi Alba 41`, Fernando Torres 84`, Juan Mata88`)      Italy-0          

        Congrats Spain they have smashed Italy by a clear 4-0 margin on their way towards third major triumph inside 4 years denying their opponents a second title in the process. Spain saved their best until last at UEFA EURO 2012, a final-record 4-0 victory at Olympic stadium in Kiev. They retained the trophy once again & established a new record of  winning two back to back continental championship in Europe, also achieved another record of winning three back to back to major titles including two EURO cup trophies of 2008 & 2012 & the FIFA world cup trophy of 2010. Spain were previously crowned European champions on home soil in 1964 and in Austria/Switzerland four years ago and they now join Germany (1972 and 1980 as West Germany, 1996) as the only country with three titles. Not the West Germany or Brazil sides of the 1970s, nor the France of Zinedine Zidane – no group of players have endured like those who started winning under Luis Aragones four years ago and have now sealed their status as all-time greats.

          The Azzuri side were thrilling & jubilant in the knockout stage against the great rivals like France in quarterfinal stage & Germany in semifinal but this time Spain were in full drivers seat from the moment David Silva broke the deadlock with a rare header on 14 minutes following a swift flick from right side courtsey Cesc Fabregas. A barnstorming second with half-time approaching from the indefatigable Jordi Alba in the 41^st minute of the game, 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  in the 59^th minute ended all hope, leaving Italy to play out the last 30 minutes with ten men – and Spain replacements Fernando Torres and Juan Mata fully capitalised.

           This was expected a battle between two midfield superstars Andrei Pirlo & Xavi Hernandez but finally it became one man show, Spain's No8 picked up the baton from the off, in harmony with Andres Iniesta, dictating La Roja's now familiar staccato movement as Italy were forced deeper and deeper. The oles had already begun among the sizeable Spanish contingent in the 65,400 crowd when, just before the quarter-hour, the pair combined to such devastating effect.
        The Azzuri side started to seek from muscle injury & could ill afford the double blow, but impressively they fought their way back into it. Pirlo, inevitably, trying to take the control of midfield once again, the beating drum that pulled the strings at the back and sounded the horn to attack. Not that there was much of that. In fact, Pirlo's most telling contribution of the first half was a superb last-ditch block on Iniesta. Yet try as he might – he tried his best once again but football is not a game of one man it was looking like the other players of entire Azzuri side was seeking of confidence. It makes the second half very easy for Spain, though. Standing on the touch line near halfway, Fabregas headed Iker Casillas's clearance to Alba who turned the ball into Xavi before haring forward. The Azzurri back line did not seem to notice but the erudite Xavi did, advancing forward before slotting his new FC Barcelona club-mate in. The composed left-footed finish that followed would have pleased even David Villa, watching in the stands with Carles Puyol.
        It might have looked all over for Italy but substitute Antonio Di Natale tried in few occasion to minimize the margin atleast but It seemed once again nothing could now deny Spain a first competitive victory against the Azzurris in 92 years.
           Italy's hopes of giving a memorable fightback completely 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.

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