Spanish win unites divided factions

AFTER scoring the winning goal in the 1-0 final win over Germany, Fernando Torres hailed Spain’s Euro 2008 success as “a great victory for a whole country.”

It is an assessment which perfectly sums up why on Sunday in Vienna, after so many years of perceived underachievement, ‘La Furia Roja’ banished 44 years of bad memories.

The Spain team on show this summer finally came good on all that promise and did so in some style, not only winning the tournament, but also winning support for their free-flowing, attacking brand of football.