Date: 01-07-2012
Stage: final
Place: KYIV
Running time: 126 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Xavi,Iniesta,Fabregas,Silva, Pirlo,Buffon,Balotelli,Cassano
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 1 July 2012, 20:45
Olympic Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 63,170
Meteo: Clear, 23 °C
SPAIN
Iker Casillas (c)
Alvaro Arbeloa
Gerard Pique
Sergio Ramos
Jordi Alba
Sergio Busquets
Xabi Alonso
Xavi
Andres Iniesta
David Silva
Cesc Fabregas
Coach: Vicente del Bosque (ESP)
25′ Gerard Pique
59′ ↓David Silva ↑Pedro
75′ ↓Cesc Fabregas ↑Fernando Torres
87′ ↓Andres Iniesta ↑Juan Mata
ITALY
Gianluigi Buffon (c)
Ignazio Abate
Andrea Barzagli
Leonardo Bonucci
Giorgio Chiellini
Daniele De Rossi
Claudio Marchisio
Riccardo Montolivo
Mario Balotelli
Antonio Cassano
Andrea Pirlo
Coach: Cesare Prandelli (ITA)
45′ Leonardo Bonucci
21′ ↓Giorgio Chiellini ↑Federico Balzaretti
46′ ↓Antonio Cassano ↑Antonio Di Natale
57′ ↓Riccardo Montolivo ↑Thiago Motta
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)
Goals:
14′ David Silva ESP
41′ Jordi Alba ESP
84′ Fernando Torres ESP
88′ Juan Mata ESP
Match overview
Spain’s scintillating display earned an unprecedented third successive major title. Silva’s header and Alba’s surge-and-finish set the tone; Motta’s injury left Italy a man short before late goals from Torres and Mata sealed the biggest win in Euro final history.
Trivia
Spain are the first team to win three consecutive major tournaments (EURO 2008, World Cup 2010, EURO 2012). Torres became the first player to score in two Euro finals.
