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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Euro 2012 final between Spain and Italy. The game takes place in Kiev's Olimpiyskiy Stadium and tonight we could see Spain become the greatest team in the history of international football.

Euro 2024 / Final
Olimpiyskyi / 01.07.2012
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Tom Adams

Updated 01/07/2012 at 20:39 GMT


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So Spain are quite possibly the greatest international team of all time. Where do you think they stand in football's history books? Let me know on Twitter now.
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FULL TIME! Spain win Euro 2012 by beating Italy 4-0 in the final! They win three major tournaments in succession following a quite brilliant performance. The loss of Motta to injury ended Italy's challenge but they were already two goals down by that point.
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Torres plays in Ramos with a nice pass and the defender tries to score with a backheel! Spain are just rampant now. Italy have had nothing since the injury to Motta.
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We will have three minutes of added time.
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This is the biggest winning margin of victory in a European Championship final. Emphatic doesn't even begin to cover it.
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GOAL! Spain 4-0 Italy! Mata! Incredible! Torres tees up his Chelsea team-mate to turn the ball home from close range! I think Torres will now win the Golden Boot having got an assist and played fewer minutes than Mario Gomez.
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Mata makes his first appearance of Euro 2012 as he replaces the brilliant Iniesta.
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Torres is the first man to score in two European Championship finals and draws level with a host of others on three goals for the tournament. Xavi now has two assists tonight.
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GOAL! Spain 3-0 Italy! Torres gets his goal! Spain celebrate like they have won the thing - and they nearly have - as Xavi plays in Torres with a sliding pass and he slips the ball to the left of Buffon.
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Arbeloa goes on a jinking run towards the box and is finally halted after spurning another chance to pass for a team-mate.
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Pedro, looking to make amends for that earlier miss, drags a shot wide of the post. Spain won't mind though as they are now cruising towards this historic victory.
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Alba plays in a superb cross for Pedro and the Barca man pokes the ball wide from eight yards out! A horrendous miss, but he is flagged offside so it would not have counted.
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Pirlo and Iniesta collide in midfield. The former was the player of the tournament prior to tonight, but the latter's contribution to the opening goal has edged him in front to my mind.
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STAT: Torres can become the only man to score in two separate European Championship finals.
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Spain's second change comes as Fabregas, who claimed the assist for the opening goal, is replaced by Fernando Torres.
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Now Busquets gets in on the act as he swerves his body and darts into the centre, only to slip at the crucial moment.
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Fabregas plays a clever one-two with Pedro before seeing his low shot deflect up off Bonucci and into the air. Italy are able to clear though as Spain go in search of a third.
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Balotelli threatens to get away from Alonso and the midfielder sticks out a leg to halt the Italy striker. Balotelli appears to be hurt but clambers to his feet to continue.
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Nice work from Bonucci as he makes an important clearance from a cross after Spain break down the left.
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Nice work from Bonucci as he makes an important clearance from a cross after Spain break down the left.