GERMANY – SPAIN 0-1 Spain became European champions for the second time after Fernando Torres’s first-half goal in Vienna proved enough to defeat Germany in the final of UEFA EURO 2008™. Team statistics Germany Spain 0 Goals scored 1 2 Yellow card 2 0 Red card 0 1 Shots on goal 7 2 Shots wide 5 [...]
Spain will seek to end their 44-year wait for silverware when they take on Germany in the final of UEFA EURO 2008™ in Vienna. • Spain’s sole previous success on the international stage came in 1964, when as hosts they defeated the USSR to win the UEFA European Championship. • Standing in their way, however, [...]
Ernst Happel, Vienna Sunday 29 June 2008 – 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Germany coach Joachim Löw and his Spain counterpart Luis Aragonés are both hoping UEFA EURO 2008™ will come to a suitably exciting conclusion as their sides prepare to meet in the final on Sunday evening. ‘Intensive match’ The first 30 games of the [...]
Whichever captain climbs the stairs at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion to accept the winning trophy from UEFA President Michel Platini after the UEFA EURO 2008™ final, they will be achieving a notable first. Modern design The new UEFA European Championship trophy is 18cm higher and 2kg heavier than the original designed by Arthus Bertrand in 1960 and [...]
