The 2012 UEFA European Championship has come to an end, confirming that it was clear to most of those interested in football before it began that the current generation of Spanish players is the strongest in the history of this country. He has no equal not only in Europe, but on the planet as a whole. The Spaniards are the reigning world champions, and Euro 2012 is the third in a row they have won a world-class football tournament.
The European Championship, held this time in Poland and Ukraine, ended in Kiev, at the largest stadium of the tournament, which gathered more than 63 thousand spectators for the final match. The fans were not disappointed, four goals for the final games of such tournaments is a luxury. And although the emotions of the fans of the Italian national team were not positive, their team lost to the reigning world champion by no means in the dull defensive manner previously characteristic of this team.
The first goal of the match was scored by the Spanish team quickly enough - on the 14th minute, Cesc Fabregas beat the defender on the right flank and sent the ball to David Silva strongly. One of a couple of representatives of the English championship in this team accurately punched his head, which is considered a strong component of the game of the British clubs. After that, the Italians had perhaps the strongest segment of the match, playing on an equal footing with an opponent, but could not score a goal. And four minutes before the break, Spain doubled the score - the ball was intercepted at the center of the field and instantly sent past the defenders on the move of Jordi Alba. The nominal defender of the Spaniards, no worse than any striker, realized a one-on-one exit with the goalkeeper, not much, but definitely sending the ball into the goal.
In the first half, Giorgio Chiellini was injured and the Italians had to replace him. During the break, their coach - Cesare Prandelli - changed the striker, and 12 minutes after the resumption of the game he made another change. But Thiago Motta, who entered the field, left him on a stretcher five minutes later and could not return to the game. The limit of substitutions was exhausted and the outcome of the match ceased to cause doubts even among the notorious optimists who support the Italian national team - there was no chance of winning back two goals from the Spanish team with ten men.
It seemed that the Spaniards were not particularly keen to finish off the opponent, rolling the ball for a long time in their half of the field or in its center. However, in the 76th minute, Fernando Torres appeared on the field, the second representative of the British Premier League, who, after 8 minutes, upset the Italians even more. Then Juan Mata entered the field and also sent the ball into the goal of Gianluigi Buffon. On the score 4: 0 this game ended, and then on the same field the rewarding of the Spanish national team, which confirmed its title of the European Champion, took place.
