Spain became European champions for the second time after Fernando Torres's first-half goal in Vienna proved enough to defeat Germany in the final of UEFA EURO 2008™.
History an inspiration
Second-half goals from Xavi Hernández, Daniel Güiza and David Silva sent Spain through to a UEFA EURO 2008™ final meeting with Germany as Luis Aragonés's men proved too strong for Russia in Vienna.
Spain fluent
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The 16 gigantic football boots erected in the Vienna Museum Quarter have proven to be a massive hit with football-supporting photographers. By now, the word of the popular photo opportunities has begun to spread among fan circles.
Giant ball
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A 90th-minute strike from Philipp Lahm sent Germany into the UEFA EURO 2008™ final and ended the march of a brave Turkey side who were unable to summon one last dramatic equaliser.
Gripping contest
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Spain will take on Russia in Thursday's semi-final after they knocked out the world champions in a shoot-out.
Iker Casillas was the penalty shoot-out hero as Spain held their collective nerve to throw out the record book and claim a UEFA EURO 2008™ semi-final against Russia.
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Russia had the right Dutch coach. And the better team.
The long shot Russians, led by coach Guus Hiddink, scored two goals in extra time Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the European Championship with a 3-1 upset win over the Netherlands.
It was a sweet victory for Hiddink, who enhanced his reputation of getting lesser known teams far in tournaments. The coach guided South Korea to the 2002 World Cup semifinals, and he took Australia to the second round of the 2006 World Cup.
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Germany's players and coach expressed huge satisfaction after their 3-2 quarter-final win against Portugal as well as admitting that the victory was a huge boost to their confidence ahead of the next challenge.
'Enormous improvement'
The Netherlands ended a 30-year wait for a victory over Italy in emphatic fashion as they began their Group C campaign with a rousing 3-0 win against the world champions in Berne.
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The remarkable increases in debt, wages and revenue across the Premier League are underlined in a major new report that supports English football's status as the European club powerhouse.
For the first time, the overall amount spent on wages exceeded £1 billion during the 2007-8 season, following a dramatic £115 million rise for 2006-7.
The final figure of £969 m for 2006-7 represents an increase of 13 per cent on 2005-6, meaning that the Premier League continues to be the best-paid league in Europe.
Zenit St Petersburg strode into the Uefa Cup final with a 5-1 aggregate victory over Bayern Munich after a thumping 4-0 win in Russia.
The Russian champions proved too strong for Bayern to end the German giants' hopes of reaching the final in Manchester.
Goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak (2), Konstantin Zyrianov, and Victor Fayzulin were enough to give Dick Advocaat's men a memorable win and send them into their first ever European final.
Bayern almost got off to a dream start in the opening two minutes when Miroslav Klose saw his volley kicked off the line by Roman Shirokov.
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