Fernando Torres, striker of the Spanish national team and striker of Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, was arguably the happiest player in world football in 2008. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In April 2008, Torres ushered in his first glory of the year - the 2007-08 Premier League trophy;

In May, Torres welcomed his second trophy of the year – the Champions League trophy, the highest glory for a club in world football.

In June, Euro 2008 kicked off, and Torres played with the Spanish national team.

Euro 2008 finally decided the winner after the 19th night, and the name is fresh enough – not three-time champions Germany, but Spain, who have rarely made a name for themselves in a major tournament. Forty-four years later, Spain is once again at the top of Europe, and Fernando Torres has won his third trophy.

Winner of the Premier League, Champions League and European Championship, Torres has reason to be overjoyed by the fact that in the space of four months, only a handful of players in the history of world football can get it.

Torres has not shone as much as Villa at this European Championship, scoring just one goal in his first five games. But Torres played a pivotal role in the final, scoring the crucial winner in Villa's absence, and contributing to the team's eventual title.

Italy and France were favourites before the European Championships, then the Netherlands became the darlings of the fans, and later, even the Russians dared to despise the Spanish team.

Before the final, people praised Germany's height and will, but in the end, it was the Spanish group of small players who won the coveted trophy.

Fernando Torres' 33rd-minute goal helped Spain make history, but the credit did not belong to Torres alone, from goalkeeper Casillas to top scorer Villa, from defender Marchena to midfielder Silva, Aragonés' disciples wrote their names in capital letters into the history of Spanish and European football.

In the words of the Spanish media, it is a "beautiful history that can be told to grandchildren in the future".

From now on, who else would dare to say that Spain does not have championship luck?

Who else dares to say that Spain will always be a second-rate team, a dou that can't be supported?

And Arthur, as a "person who has come over", also knows that the 08 European Cup is only the beginning of the Spanish Super League, and in the next 5 years, the entire world football will be shrouded in the shadow of the Matador Army.

For many years, Spain has been plagued by the curse of the tournament. At the World Cup, Spain has not reached the last four since 1950. In the last World Cup in Germany, the nightmare of Spanish players continued, although they won 8 goals in 3 games in the group stage and only conceded 1 goal. But as soon as they entered the knockout round, they were knocked down by the French who recovered, and once again bid farewell to the World Cup in advance.

In fact, in almost every international tournament in the past, the Spanish team has repeated the same repertoire: before the tournament, they were extremely favored and always seemed to be close to glory, but after a long time, Spanish football is still tragic.

Before this European Championship, Spain was still the favorite, but many fans did not dare to make their thoughts public in favor of Spain winning the championship, because they knew that as soon as Spain had a chance to win the championship, all that awaited them was a boo and laughter.

However, there will always be a day when the spell will be broken.

Spain defeated Russia 4-1 in the group stage, and many people are still unconvinced, thinking that Spain just used defensive counterattacks to win, and the scene was not dominant.

In the second match against Sweden, the media also said that the height of the Swedes would cause big problems for Spain, but the result was Villa's defeat of the Nordic powerhouse.

In the final round of the group stage, Espanyol easily defeated defending champions Greece, who had caused Spain problems at the last European Championship, with an almost full bench lineup, but there are still some people who have a problem with the Spanish team's poor defense of high balls.

In the quarter-finals against world champions Italy, this is a very difficult opponent for any team and the strongest opponent that can be encountered in the knockout rounds. Italy are highly competitive, always perfect in the knockout rounds, the world champions know what to do and when, and Spain are plagued by a double curse, but this time, Spain managed to go all the way to Italy and won on penalties, while Italy's so-called high-pitched striker tactics were completely ineffective.

In the semifinals against Russia, although Spain has beaten its opponent once in the group stage, many people are still optimistic about Russia, which has just eliminated the Netherlands, and believes that the biggest reason for Russia's loss in the group stage is that Arshavin did not play.

But what about Arshavin when he plays?

Known as the most demonic star of this European Cup, Arshavin was completely disgraced in front of the Spanish team's technical midfield, and Spain completed the complete conquest of the polar bear with another 3:0.

In the final against Germany, although some people are optimistic about Spain, more voices still support the Germans to win the cup. Yes, it is true that the Spanish team is inferior to Germany in terms of historical background, and the German newspaper Bild also proudly said when looking forward to the competition: "The German team, as a three-time World Cup winner and a three-time European Championship winner, can confidently reach the final, because not only are the Spaniards slightly inferior in terms of history, but the last time they won the European Championship was in 1964." ”

In addition, the height of the Germans was once again pulled out as evidence of victory, but the Spaniards are no longer soft, for the third place in the World Cup, the team's skills are still gorgeous, the midfield is a small man in the game of the German forest, and at the same time, the style has more toughness and patience that was lacking in the past, and the players have also significantly enhanced their will quality, and finally won the cup smoothly.

Spain and Russia fought like a fish in water, reversed Sweden and Greece to show resilience, showed the spirit of the championship with Italy in 120 minutes, and suppressed Germany in the final, so that the winner's temperament was finally sublimated, and the young Spain has convincingly gone down in history.

In UEFA, the 23-man best team for this European Championship was announced, and the champion Spain team had 9 players selected, while the third-place Russian team had 4 players selected, and the runner-up Germany team had only 3 players selected in the final list.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands)

Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Lahm (Germany), Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Puyol (Spain), Zhirkov (Russia)

Midfielders: Altentop (Turkey), Luka Modric (Croatia), Senna (Spain), Xavi (Spain), Zlyanov (Russia), Ballack (Germany), Alonso (Spain), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Podolski (Germany), Sneijder (Netherlands)

Forwards: Arshavin (Russia), Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Torres (Spain), Villa (Spain)

In the 23-man squad, even though the Three Lions are missing from this European Championship, Blackburn Rovers are still the club's biggest winners with four players.

And who will be the saddest in this European Cup?

There is no doubt that it is the German captain Ballack.

13 times in the finals, 12 times in the feathers, 12 times in tears.

Perhaps Ballack is destined to be a tragic figure on the football field, otherwise why would God repeatedly give him hope and break his heart at the last moment? Confused, helpless, contemplative, Barak's melancholy figure faded away.

Blackburn's Champions League triumph this summer was Ballack's only win after reaching the final.

And who is the brightest star of this European Cup?

The answer is the same Blackburn Rovers, but with a different man, Arshavin.

Fifty-two years ago, the European Ballon d'Or, a synonym for a footballer's greatest achievement, was introduced. In 1963, in the Soviet Union, where ice hockey was celebrated, one of the greatest football heroes was born, and he was Yashin. Even more miraculous is that Yashin won the European Ballon d'Or as a goalkeeper, and in that era of attacking football, the meaning of this golden ball may have been far beyond everything, everything. That's a "tsar" standing in front of the goal line!

Today, many years later, another young man from this country has interpreted another meaning for us, he is the new "Tsar" running on the offensive line, his name is Arshavin.

Two years ago, Arshavin became the Russian Footballer of the Year, and two years later, the new "Tsar" led Russia to be beheaded by the Netherlands, which was possessed by the "all-attack, all-defense" possession. The proud Dutch, the elegant tulips all became gifts for the new "tsar" to ascend the throne.

The one-year Blackburn introduction of Arshavin has also become an admirable deal, as the Russian star has more than doubled in value after a year.

And who will be the most depressed person in this European Cup?

The answer is still the Blackburn Rovers, and this time it is the turn of the Blue Devils' leader, Cristiano Ronaldo.

The knockout round is worthy of being a knockout round, and the strong confrontation is worthy of the strong confrontation, so when Portugal and Germany fought passionately, they suddenly found that every fan was so crazy and excited.

Of course, there are also more depressed people, such as Portuguese fans, such as Cristiano Ronaldo.

Before the start of the European Cup, Ronaldo was the most promising star of the European Cup, and was full of endless expectations from all fans, but after four games, no one saw his wonderful performance.

Maybe he's too tired from playing at the club?

Maybe he's playing too well at the club?

In short, in this European Cup, Ronaldo is like a different person, not only can he not find the feeling of being the king of goalscorers, but even the best dribbling has almost disappeared

Can such a Ronaldo not be depressed?

That's why he's always trying to shoot endlessly, even though there are a lot of chances that aren't at all.

In fact, in the Portuguese national team, Ronaldo is not the most important one, after four games, everyone can see that the core of Portugal is Deco. And Ronaldo is just a person who is full of infinite expectations from everyone!

At the beginning, such expectations were ultimately in vain.

Presumably, everyone can guess how much Ronaldo is looking forward to this European Championship. The three most favored people in today's football, Kaka, Messi, and Ronaldo, only Ronaldo participated in the European Cup.

Such unique conditions allow Ronaldo to have unlimited opportunities to prove himself.

This season, Ronaldo's performance in the Premier League and Champions League is very outstanding, and he can almost touch the honor of Footballer. If he can lead Portugal to achieve good results in this European Cup, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the world footballer not to give Ronaldo!

However, when people see Ronaldo's performance at the European Championship, will they want to award him the Footballer of the Year?

In fact, Cristiano Ronaldo is not alone in the Footballer of the Year nomination, and his Blackburn Rovers team-mate Ballack is more than capable of winning this year's Footballer of the Year. We all know that Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a lot of goals at Blackburn Rovers this year, but with the same achievements at the club, Ballack has brought the German team to the stage of the European Championship final, and in terms of playing in the national team alone, Ballack has a better chance of winning the honor of Footballer. (To be continued.) )