Spain Impressed the Power of Winning EURO2012

2 July 2012, Magnificent Spain compressed all over those dull jibes and walked directly into the record books with a glorious 4-0 Euro 2012 final conquest over Italy in Kiev.

First-half goals from David Silva and Jordi Alba and belated hard work from replacements Fernando Torres and Juan Mata established La Roja as the foremost team to witness three consecutive major tournament conquests, counting a World Cup, with the biggest ever win in a European Championship final.

And they did it through the most breathtaking show of passing command, which ended a ridicule of all those who had questioned them previously.

It was all moreover a lot for Mario Balotelli, who walked directly down the subway at the end and irritably shrugged away hard work from Italian officials to get him to continue, prior to recurring for the awarding ceremony.

Yet the thing was, Italy were not mortified and would have held out anticipations of a rejoinder until Cesare Prandelli's final substitution Thiago Motta was stretchered off inside four minutes of his entrance, parting his team-mates to combat through the final half hour with 10 men.

Eventually though, Spain's show was a proper end to the greatest European Championships in nearly three decades.

Four players in picky, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Andres Iniesta and Xavi merits a out of the ordinary mention following preliminary all three finals, in Vienna, Johannesburg and now Ukraine.

However, as 'Ole' rang around this splendid stadium, it was a night to magnificence in tiki-taka - and the players who put it into performance.

All through the competition, the dispute for Spain being a severe team had been building.