Spain win Euro 08!!!!

Spain beat Germany in the finals of the Euro 08 which was held in Vienna. Liverpool striker Fernando Torres scored the only goal of the game in the 33rd minute to win the game by a1-0 margin for the Spanish. The loss will be hard on Germany's captain and midfielder as he had gotten to four major including this European Championship finals since the Champions League finals in 2002 when his club lost. Germany also lost the 2002 World Cup to Brazil that year and earlier this year, his present club also lost the finals of the Champions League to Manchester United. Iker Casillas had managed to keep the Germans at bay for the match and he lifted the trophy up high in the air with pride.

Favorites Spain beat Russia to reach final

Favorites Spain beat Russia 3-0 in the other quarter-finals of the Euro 08 tournament held in Austria -Switzerland to reach the finals for the first time in 24 years. The Spanish had already beaten the Russians in the group stages in the tournament 4-1 with David Villa scoring a hat-trick in that match. This time, Russia's could not repeat the form that saw them beat Holland and progress to the semi-finals.

Germans advance to final of Euro 08

The Germans overwhelmed Turkey, who had beat Croatia in the quarter-finals, 3-2 in the semi-finals of the Euro 08. The Turkish, who had comebacks in the three previous matches, did have a late surge in the match but the Germans had a surge in the last few minutes too. Turkey had nine chances on target compared to Germany's one in the first half but they only managed to convert only one of them while the Germans manged to score with their only chance. In the second half, Germany's Mikrov Klose scored to help his team take a lead in the game for the first time in the game. The Turkish then had an equaliser not long after but they had all their good work undone at the last minute when Germany's Philipp Lahm scored a last -grasp winner to win the game for the Germans.

Euro 08 semi-finals matches

Here are the latest Euro 08 match schedules. Germany, who defeated Portugal 3-2, will play Turkey, who beat Croatia on penalties. The Russians, who crushed Holland 3-1 in the knockout stages, will be playing against Spain who beat world champions Italy 4-2 on penalties. Now, it seems likely that Germany would face the Russians in the finals although the Spanish could cause a major upset by beating Russia. The Germans, who are wary of the Turkish, should be able to beat the them easily as the Turkish are short of men with quality.

Spain beat Italians to progress to semi-finals

The Spanish beat Italy in the knockout stages of the Euro 08 tournament held in Austria-Switzerland. Spain had managed to keep the Italians at bay during the entire 120 minutes of the match without conceding a single goal while the Italians had also managed to stop the Spanish strikers like Fernando Torres from scoring a goal. Neither side could score a goal as both goalkeepers had managed to keep the ball out of each other's goal. It went on until it reached the penalty shootout. The Spanish goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, manged to save two penalties which helped Spain beat Italy on penalties 4-2.

Netherlands lose to unfancied Russians

The Netherlands lost to Russia on their quarter-final clash in the European Championship. The Netherlands had won all their matches in their group stage including a 2-0 thrashing of world- champions Italy and a 4-1 defeat of France. The Russians looked the most unlikely to win as they had lost their first group game against Spain 4-1. The Dutch had admitted they did not play well in the game an that the Russians had been the better team.

Turkey beats Croatia!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Turkey beat Croatia in the knockout stage of the Euro 08 tournament held in Austria-Switzerland. The Turkish had pushed the game into extra time after the game remained goalless after normal time ended. The game still remained goalless until Croatia scored in the 119th minute. Turkey then replied with an equaliser in stoppage time. The game then went to the penalty-shootout which Turkey won 3-1after two of Croatia's players shot wide in the penalty-shootout.

Portugal knocked out by Germany

Portugal got knocked out of Euro 08 by Germany in the knockout stages 2-3. Portugal had defended badly in the whole game, and with their strikers were not able to penetrate through the German defence, particularly Cristiano Ronaldo, and they could not score enough to compensate for the number of goals that they had let in.