On Sunday night Spain will seek to become the first country to win four European Championships.
La Roja booked their place in the final in Berlin with an entertaining semi-final victory over France in Munich on Tuesday night.
Natural born winner. #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/GmEkJC2JiE
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) July 9, 2024
Whether they walk out in the Olympiastadion against England or the Netherlands, Spain are sure to be hot favourites, and that’s not just because they have been the stand-out team in Germany so far this summer and have already become the first nation to ever win six matches at one Euros.
They also have the mother of all omens on their side.
Since May 23, 2001, when Bayern Munich overcame Valencia to win the Champions League in Milan, sides from Spain have contested 22 major club and international finals against non-Spanish sides. They have won all 22.
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?
International (3 Finals)
Spain are famously the only nation in history to have ever won three consecutive major tournaments.
Luis Aragones started the dynasty by masterminding a 1-0 win over Germany in Vienna in 2008. The only goal came from Fernando Torres just after the half-hour.
Vicente del Bosque took the reins later that year and guided Spain to glory less than two years later, seeing off the Netherlands in a battle in Johannesburg, Andres Iniesta scoring the only goal four minutes from the end of extra-time to secure his country’s first and only World Cup.
🏆 EURO 2008
🏆 2010 world champion
🏆 EURO 2012
🇪🇸 Happy birthday, Fernando Torres 🎈#HBD | @SeFutbol | @Torres pic.twitter.com/Y5AssocPUF
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) March 20, 2021
Torres was also on target as Spain ran riot in Kyiv to win the Euro 2012 Final against Italy, becoming the first side to win consecutive Euros in addition to the first to win three straight major titles.
David Silva and Jordi Alba put La Roja 2-0 up before half-time before…
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Author : Alex Hoad
Publish date : 2024-07-10 11:42:53
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