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[Croyles]

I think they did deserve to win tonight. I know im biased but, here is my point:
Our defense was awful and gave plenty of chances to Turkey, however, this alone doesnt say anything cause if your striking force is about twice as good as your defence and better than the oppositions defense/attack, you deserve to win it. 3 shots on goal, 3 goals.
It seemed as if Lehmann was playing against Germany also. And, excuse me ref? Did you not see that stampede of elephants trampling Lahm? Wasnt that a penalty? Or at least a free kick? It KINDA happened on the other side i guess you can only hope the referee was trying to set things right. Really, the officials have been very poor in this tournament!
Also, that first goal was a mix of extreme bad luck and extreme bad goalkeeping. Kinda like that goal Germany scored against England in wembley last year.... very lucky. But, it happens.

[charliepanayi]

Spain have been pretty dominant really tonight. They're coasting towards the final - so it's Spain v Germany! The seasoned veterans of major finals against the perrennial underachievers. Time for Spain to finally break their duck for the first time since 1964?

[Cz]

Spain might miss David Villa, but they've still got far too much quality in the final third to fall short against Germany. The only argument I can make against Spain is the psychological element of having underachieved for so many years, but they looked extremely composed against Russia, so I don't think that'll be much of a factor. That's not to say that the result is a foregone conclusion, since anything can happen in a game like this. But Spain have been consistently impressive in the tournament so far, and they're clear favourites for me.

[charliepanayi]

Spain win and it's fully deserved really. I wrote them off at the start of the tournament and I was wrong this time. Aside from a bright start and a brief period around 60-70 minutes Germany were desperately short of ideas tonight and as someone who loves great defences their defence has been painful to watch today. Against Turkey they made up for it with some good attacking but today Spain had their measure easily.

So well done to Spain - credit to Germany for making the final (not many in the UK will do so to be honest) but the best team won.

[Psychotic]

Wow, Spain have finally won something. What next, Liverpool winning the league? Made up for Fernando Torres. He deserved to hit the winner tonight, and Spain deserved to win both the match and the tournament.

[charliepanayi]

With Spain winning, England and Portugal are now left standing in the 'no major trophies in ages/ever' room XD

[Psychotic]

England will need a lot of work if they want to just make the quarters and semis in 2010, thanks to the rise of Eastern Europe, like Croatia, Turkey, Russia, et al.

[Heath]

Originally Posted by Psychotic ^

Wow, Spain have finally won something. What next, Liverpool winning the league? :D Made up for Fernando Torres. He deserved to hit the winner tonight, and Spain deserved to win both the match and the tournament.

They did. I didn't want them to win, but they deserved to. Everton for the league though!

I was really disappointed by Germany who I've been supporting. They really lacked passion and drive in the last two games. No overall quality and just didn't seem to either care so much or be able to live up to the expectations of them, which weren't that unreasonable. It was like watching England play.