Disclaimer: read at your own risk. There will be a ridiculously massive amount of fangirling taking place here today. Italian fans, I'd suggest you click on the back button immediately.
Final game of UEFA 2012 finally comes to an end.
Spain vs Italy July 1st, 2012, at Kviv, Ukraine.
Without me needing to say anything, a lot was riding on both nation's side. For the Spaniards, it was their need to defend their European Champions' title and to retain their position as FIFA's leader board's #1. For the Italians, it was their hunger to redeem themselves after a disastrous 2010 World Cup campaign. Sadly, only one team can become Europe's best in 2012.
Before you start scrolling down, let me remind you that until sometime during the second half when Silva made way for Torres, Spain played without an attacking forward. It was a 4-6-0 formation. Clearly, that worked out well for them.
14 minutes into the game, this happens to the 1.70m David Silva (one of the tiniest!):
then at 41st minute, this happens to Jordi Alba, a central defender, also a 1.70m, and has never scored a single goal for Spain:
which is followed by Torres proving the entire world wrong at 84th minute:
and then Iniesta makes way for Juan Mata at the 86th minute where less than 3 minutes later, Mata goes running:
Defending European champions!!!
La Roja is now the first team to win 3 major tournaments in a row, 20
unbeaten games for the UEFA campaign, 16 clean sheets during Euro 2012
and winning the European Championship title back to back.
...and then for the more awesome stuff you find on twitter and on tumblr:
(the amount of cuteness in this picture...like, I can't even ... But I guess he's attractive to women of all ages, hey?)
Charles Puyol, a twitter fanatic, tweeted this at the beginning of the game, of him and his fellow Barça teammate, David Villa from the stands, where they were watching
the game VIP style. I'm not really understanding Villa's attempting at growing a
somethingbeard at the moment. I'd rather he stick with his soul patch.
Fernando and his ridiculously adorable children. Also, once the game ended, almost all of the players' children came onto the pitch. It was a field full of cuteness.
David Silva trolling the Italians hardcore over twitter
Truthfully speaking, I felt immensely bad for the Italians cause losing sucks. I felt awfully bad when I saw the Italian team crying and Pirlo and Buffon
almost bawling their eyes out. However, I didn't
because of that one lone guy on the team: Balotelli. Maybe if he'd get
his attitude and ego checked out and acted a little less cocky and more
useful on the field (I've watched all of the Italian games, I'd know how
useful he was during the tournament, even if he did provide the
Italians the win over the German side), I might have felt more inclined
to be a little more sympathetic. Next time buddy, you're still only 21. (and this is what happens when you think of yourself as a better player than club mate Silva)
Greatest achievements?
And so my annoying spamming period has finally come to an end. Thanks to all those who put up with me, seeing as how it was only 1 month every 2 years where I spam you with stuff. And to those who complained, glad to know we're such good friends. In two years time, hopefully, I'll be able to watch a game live. From Brasil.
[Source: as usual, thank you to tumblr and twit-ter and adidas]
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