Euro 2008 may feel long gone for most of Europe now, but one can bet that the celebrations are still reverberating around Spain like the proverbial bull in a 5-a-side court… and it is our good pal ‘beano’ at ‘beano blog’ who has ‘been’ in touch with this rather incredible video he took in the Plaza Zorrila in Valladolid as Spain won the Euro 2008 championships…. In his words “the whole place went bananas.” He’s not wrong… Turn your speakers down for this one!

Meanwhile, 101 Great Goals have been analyzing the statistics that we have been spitting at them throughout the tournament (not literally of course) suggesting that “it will come as no surprise to many who keep a keen eye on tactics, but Euro 2008 seemed to cast another nail in the coffin of playing two up front.” Que que? You may ask – but think about it. Putting in several references to our good selves, our former blog of the day, go on to explain their further theory, utilizing plenty of information from the CPI while they’re there.

“As a result most teams are now playing five in midfield and the key to success is having players that can cover the most ground. In the final last night, Xavi, today voted as player of the tournament, ran more than any other player (11,446 m). Alongside the Barcelona midfielder, Marcos Senna (10,036m), Andres Iniesta (9,595m) and Cesc Fabregas (8006m), who was only on the pitch for 63 minutes, were also key to the Spanish victory.” For more information pop along over here.

And finally for today, but do come back tomorrow because by goodness there will be more, let’s push over to footy-boots.com, who have gone-a-furrowing amongst the Castrol stats to answer the age old tournament questions. Which player is the quickest? Who covered the most ground during a match? Who’s our player of the tournament so far? I could give you the answers, but far more fun to pop over there right now and find out for yourself.