Bravo Spain...... Braaaaavooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

The champions of Europe are now the CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD. A well and truly deserved win to one of the biggest under achievers of world football. Spain is not just a 1st-time winner, but first team to win the World Cup after losing opening game of tournament. This victory sees Spain become only the third nation to hold the European and world football crowns at the same time, two years on from their European Championships success in Vienna.


Tonight, Andres Iniesta is the hero of a nation. The midfielder from Albacete is 26. Xavi said of Andrés Iniesta in 2009 the following “Iniesta is easily Spain’s most complete player. He has everything.” According to Wayne Rooney " Andres Iniesta is the best football player in the world today". And what he said was exactly correct. It was the 'footballing brain' of Iniesta that won Spain the WC 2010. Iniesta's winner was met with scenes of joy in Madrid, where over 200,000 ( Source : BBC) fans gathered to watch the match on a big screen in the city centre. We had a disppointing start with a 1-0 loss against Swiss but however, the Spanish grew stronger as the tournament progressed, impressing fans with their unrivalled passing game and strong defence. We conceded just two goals throughout the tournament and reached the final thanks to impressive victories over Portugal, Paraguay, Germany in the knockout stage. Spain joins seven other nations to have won the World Cup in 19 tournaments since Uruguay won the inaugural title in 1930, and caps a stunning run of 15 victories in 16 matches during qualifying and the South Africa Finals. We came into the WC by winning 10/10 matches in the qualifiers. With an unbeatable streak of 48 games and winning 45 of those ( Beating the record of Frank Pushkas lead Hungary team in the 50's). The Dutch missed the opportunity to repeat Brazil's heroics of 1970, when the Samba kings won all of their qualifying matches before sweeping the group and knock-out clashes on the way to our victory in the final. With most of the focus on the creativity of Iniesta and Xavi and the goal-scoring feats of David Villa, defender Sergio Ramos toiled unheralded for most of the tournament but he owned this final.

As I said time and time again " A champion team can always beat a team of champions' and SPAIN is a champion team. FIFA already recognized Spain's impressive run by placing three Spanish players on the shortlist for Golden Ball award nominees, more than any other team. Now its time to celebrate. Bravo Spain. Viva La Espanaaaaaaaa...