GER vs ESP: How they rated
espnstar.com brings you the players' ratings from Euro 2008 Final between Germany and Spain @ Vienna - Ernst Happel.
By Eugene YS Han (assistant editor - espnstar.com)
Fulltime: They have done it. Spain have won Euro 2008. They finished without a single defeat in this tournament and extend their unbeaten streak to 22 games. A fitting end to a great tournament?
33rd minute: A great pass by Xavi releases Fernando Torres who shrugs off Phillipp Lahm to dink the ball past Jens Lehmann for Spain's opening goal. A wonderful goal and Spain fully deserve their lead.
Confirmed Line-ups:
Germany (4-3-2-1):
Jens Lehmann 7
Arne Friedrich 6, Cristoph Metzelder 5, Per Mertesaker 6, Phillipp Lahm 5 (46th min: 2 Marcell Jansen 5)
Torsten Frings 6, Michael Ballack 7, Thomas Hitzlsperger 5 (58th min: Kevin Kuranyi 5)
Bastian Schweinsteiger 5, Lukas Podolski 5
Miroslav Klose 6 (79th min: Mario Gomez)
Spain (4-1-4-1):
Iker Casillas 6
Sergio Ramos 7, Carlos Marchena 6, Carles Puyol 6, Joan Capdevilla 7
Marcos Senna 7
Andres Iniesta 7, Xavi Hernandez 7, Cesc Fabregas 6 (63rd min: Xabi Alonso 6), David Silva 7 (66th min: Santi Cazorla)
Fernando Torres 8 (78th min: Daniel Guiza)
espnstar.com's Man-of-the-match: Fernando Torres.
The Liverpool striker took his goal with great aplomb. Xavi's vision released Torres who was shadowed by Lahm. The Spaniard did well to take advantage of a momentary lack of focus from the German defender to nip in in-between a diving Lehman and Lahm to score Spain's winning goal. A goal of pure instinct, determination and flair. Pure class.
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espnstar.com's prediction: Germany 1-2 Spain (FT)
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