Italy now down to ten men and with Spain with one hand on the Cup.

25 minutes left...

The Spanish are on another footballing planet....True champs turn it on when they have to, and they have done just that. Sublime football, a joy to watch at times. They go down as one of the Great sides of all time, maybe even arguably the Greatest, they are that good. No one else has done what they are about to do with three International tournaments on the trot (barring a frikkin miracle for Italy).

Very pleased its a side who plays the game the way it is meant to be played, too. They absolutely deserve it. Fantástico! Bravo.

0:4. That's it.

If the Italians had started the game playing the way they know how instead of trying to block Spain's game
maybe things would have been different.

Now it's too late.

Spain deserves the victory. They played the best game and demonstrated that they were the best team of the tournament.

For me, and I'm a bit biased on this, I believe that Portugal was probably the only team that had any
chance against them. IMO not even Germany would have won.

Wow,Spain are indeed on another planet right now. 4-0.

But can they make five before it's all over?

Did I just see Balotelli storm off?

Yup. He left the field looking very upset.

He's come back on now.

Mighty congratulations to Spain,deserved winners in the end.Unstoppable.

Congratulations to the Spanish team! They were right there when it really counted - and that's a trait of a true team of champions.



Yes, I agree you are biased. I think Spain was in much better shape today than in the match against Portugal.

But I fully agree that Germany would have lost as well. And not by a margin of 1:0 this time...

Wow, Spain were awesome! What a great final to watch.

Bet there will be a few San Miguels downed tonight!