It’s been 34 years since they last won anything of note, but tonight let the world sing Viva Espana! Because Spain are champions of Europe, and oh how they deserved it. Dominating this game like they have so many others during the tournament – what better way to celebrate Aragones’ 70th birthday than with such an assured performance. It’s testament to quality football winning out over a team who ust, quite frankly, were not good enough!

There aren’t any stats to really exemplify how much Spain dominated the previously un-dominat-able (it’s a word!) Germans. They didn’t run as far, they didn’t have more of the ball, they weren’t caught offside the most (a sure sign of an attacking team). And yet they triumphed quite beautifully. Pass and move. Score one and win. Game over. Now sit back and bask in the Iberian glory.