Espanya són els campions d’Europa! (Spain are the champions of Europe!)

Espanya batia Alemanya 1-0 a la final de l’Euro 2008! Els espanyols prenen a casa el trofeu després d’un buit llarg de 44 anys. Fernando Torres marcava l’únic gol del llumí en la primera part. Era un joc bonic! L’equip que jugava un joc bonic vencia! Felicitacions, Espanya! Gràcies molt per a la diversió!

Els campions d’Europa! . . . (The champions of Europe! . . . )

Imatge (Image): Getty Images - Alex Livesey

(Spain beat Germany 1-0 in the final of Euro 2008! The Spaniards take the trophy home after a long gap of 44 years. Fernando Torres scored the only goal of the match in the first half. It was a beautiful game! The team that played a beautiful game won! Congratulations, Spain! Thanks a lot for the entertainment!)

Croatia stun Germany and Austria salvage a draw against Poland

Finally, I managed to watch two complete Euro 2008 games yesterday. I could not post this after the matches got over as it was too late. It’s too late to write match reviews now, so I’ll just write a summary.

The Croatians stunned Germany 2-1 to advance to the quaterfinals of Euro 2008. It was a lively game till the very end. Croatia scored first and never let Germany back into the game though the Germans tried very hard.

German coach Joachim Löw brings on Kevin Kuranyi towards the end of the game . . .

The second game, also in Group B featured the Poles against the co-hosts. Austria had more chances in the first half, but the Poles were the first to score. It looked as if Poland would win the game, but a late penalty in the second half enabled the Austrians to salvage a 1-1 draw.

One simply cannot keep the Brazilians out of the beautiful game - Roger Guerreiro, born in Brazil, scored Poland’s goal . . .

Euzebiusz Smolarek of Poland makes a dash for the ball . . .

Austrian goalie Jürgen Macho made some macho saves . . .

Today’s Group C matches feature the world champions, Italy against Romania while France take on the Netherlands.

[Photos are of a poor quality as they were taken off the live footage on television (ESPN) ]

Cristiano Ronaldo gets another award!

Cristiano Ronaldo,who plays as a winger for Manchester United in the English Premier League has been voted as the Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association.Ronaldo has already received numerous awards.Click on the link to read more about the career of this lad who was born in Funchal in the Madeira Islands.

I have always been amazed by the stunning soccer skills of this Portugal and Manchester United player:

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Felicitações Cristiano!