Should Spain win tomorrow night’s Euro 2012 final against Italy, Vicente del Bosque will become the first coach to win the Champions League, World Cup and European Championship trophies — an achievement which eluded even West Germany’s Helmut Schön, Holland’s Rinus Michels and Italy’s Marcelo Lippi.

Greece striker Themistoklis Nikolaidis has warned Spain that his side are keen to build on their reputation as Euro 2004’s surprise outfit.