Spain celebrates European crown

Thousands of euphoric Spanish fans were celebrating in Madrid after their football team won Euro 2008, beating Germany 1-0 in the final, the BBC says.

Izvor: BBC

Monday, 30.06.2008.

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Thousands of euphoric Spanish fans were celebrating in Madrid after their football team won Euro 2008, beating Germany 1-0 in the final, the BBC says. Fernando Torres' goal gave Spain its first major trophy in 44 years. Spain celebrates European crown The capital is awash with the red and gold national colors, as fans draped in flags dance and sing in the streets. The BBC adds that the victory is seen as a major triumph for the young Spanish team, and the championship has in many ways been a unifying event, in a country that is politically and regionally divided. In the past autonomous regions such as Catalonia and the Basque Country have traditionally been reluctant to support the national team. The enduring image of the tournament, he says, will be King Juan Carlos embracing Spain's goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas as he accepted the trophy in Vienna. In Madrid hundreds of police struggled to keep traffic moving as fans spilled out of the city's main square into restaurants and bars for a night of partying. "It's so many years since we even got past the quarter-finals, and now we've won. I can't believe it," Dani, 19, a student from Madrid told AFP news agency. "We are the best, and now we're ready to win the World Cup," Joaquin, 48, said. He and his family travelled to the capital from the western city of Salamanca. The excitement had been growing throughout the day as fans gathered in the Plaza Colon amid soaring temperatures, to watch the match broadcast live from Vienna on giant television screens. Spain last won the European championship in 1964 with victory over the former USSR - its only previous triumph at a major tournament. Spanish fans celebrate in Madrid (FoNet)

Spain celebrates European crown

The capital is awash with the red and gold national colors, as fans draped in flags dance and sing in the streets.

The BBC adds that the victory is seen as a major triumph for the young Spanish team, and the championship has in many ways been a unifying event, in a country that is politically and regionally divided.

In the past autonomous regions such as Catalonia and the Basque Country have traditionally been reluctant to support the national team.

The enduring image of the tournament, he says, will be King Juan Carlos embracing Spain's goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas as he accepted the trophy in Vienna.

In Madrid hundreds of police struggled to keep traffic moving as fans spilled out of the city's main square into restaurants and bars for a night of partying.

"It's so many years since we even got past the quarter-finals, and now we've won. I can't believe it," Dani, 19, a student from Madrid told AFP news agency.

"We are the best, and now we're ready to win the World Cup," Joaquin, 48, said. He and his family travelled to the capital from the western city of Salamanca.

The excitement had been growing throughout the day as fans gathered in the Plaza Colon amid soaring temperatures, to watch the match broadcast live from Vienna on giant television screens.

Spain last won the European championship in 1964 with victory over the former USSR - its only previous triumph at a major tournament.

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