Euro 2008: The Final Games

Spanish players hold the Euro 2008 championship trophy aloft after winning the final against Germany
Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty

Viva España
Spanish players hold the Euro 2008 championship trophy aloft after beating Germany 1-0. It was their first triumph in 44 years and that perennial underachievers tag, so often associated with the Spanish, could be lost once and for all.

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