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Spain cast aside under achievers tag
June 30, 2008
Spain did the game another service in that they finally cast aside the label of perennial underachievers that had dogged them since they won their only other trophy, the European Championship of 1964.
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"At last justice has been done and the team that played the best football won the tournament," said Fernando Torres who decided the game with a superbly taken goal that combined the guile and pace which has characterised the Spanish game throughout Euro 2008.
Argentine World Cup winning coach Cesar Menotti once famously said that Spain would never win anything at international level until they decided if they wanted to be "the bull or the bullfighter".
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