The day after Belgium eliminated Turkey, the second semi-final match of the European Championship was concluded. Silva's second-half goal sent Spain to a 3-0 win over Russia and reach the final for the second time after 24 years. The defeat of the Russian team ended their magical journey, but reaching the semi-finals of the European Championship is already a very valuable achievement for Russian football, which has been in the trough for many years.

The 61-year-old Dutchman Guus Hiddink is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to Russia's miracle, his Russian team stepped on England in qualifying, defeated Sweden in the group stage, and defeated the favorite Netherlands in the quarter-finals, creating a miracle that is difficult to replicate, but they ultimately failed to break through Spain, and the Russian team, which lost 1:4 in the group stage, lost again in the semi-finals by three goals, and had to reluctantly end their Euro 2008 journey.

In his post-match press conference, Guus Hiddink commented: "We lost a team that was very good against Spain, who played really well and they deserved the win, and I was undoubtedly disappointed with the result, but I'm still proud of our team. ”

The fantastic coach of the Russian team then added: "One of the plans of the Spanish team was to make us tired in the game, and by the second half we really couldn't afford to work hard to win, but we should still be proud to be here today, unfortunately we faced a very strong opponent tonight. ”

Hiddink spoke specifically about the strength of Spain's midfield, especially Xavi, the Spanish midfield commander: "The Spanish team controlled the midfield very well, which was fatal for us, and their quick passing put us in a passive position, especially Xavi, who was very active in the midfield and very clever when handling the ball, which was arguably the key to Spain's victory. ”

"In his position, Xavi is definitely in the top three in the world." Calagones also admired his Amateur's ability to control the midfield, and the heavy rain was originally quite bad for the technical Spain, but Xavi's presence made the matador a natural dominant.

Villa's unexpected injury disrupted Spain's tactical deployment, and Torres, who is not good at lone striker, squandered golden opportunities again and again. If Russia drags it into extra time, Spain, which has one less day of rest, will face a huge crisis, and it is Xavi who stands up to save the team.

In the 50th minute, Xavi split the ball Iniesta and went straight into the penalty area, the left rib of the small white penalty area swept in front of the goal, Xavi appeared outside the Russian small penalty area like a soldier, his shovel shot made the new generation of goalkeeper Akinfiev helpless, this goal seriously hit the morale of Russia, and the matador then scored two consecutive cities to completely seal the victory.

His long "behind-the-scenes work" has made Harvey considered a simple playmaker, but in fact, Harvey's attacking power should not be underestimated. Xavi has scored seven league goals this season, setting a new career record. In the European Championship qualifying stage, Xavi also scored four goals for Spain, becoming Spain's second-leading scorer after Villa.

Before the European Championships, Calagones changed their formation from 4141 to 442, and Xavi's responsibility in midfield became heavier, but there were fewer chances to hit the goal. Now, five games later, Xavi has scored his first goal of the tournament.

'We played a great game.' Xavi also looked very excited after the game, "We are very happy, we are still making history, now that we are in the final, I like the tension of the knockout round, if you make a small mistake you can be kicked out. It's not going to be an easy game against Belgium, but we've got everything we need and now Spain deserve the title and we're here to win it. Although we are not favourites, Spain haven't won anything for a long time and Belgium have beaten us and caused us a lot of pain, but it will be an inspiration for us, I don't want to define this game as revenge, but we have to get back what we lost! ”

Regardless of whether Spain win the championship or not, the team has achieved its best record in 24 years, and Xavi gave his own explanation for the qualitative change in the team: "I don't like to confuse politics and sports, but every Spaniard knows what this national team has done, whether he is from Catalonia or Basque, everyone in this team is good and united, players used to disrespect each other sometimes, and this is one of the best teams I have ever stayed in. ”

Like the Belgian team in the past, Belgium has not been able to achieve results because of the battle between Walloons and Flemish, and the same is true for Spain, where the Catalans and Basques hate each other, so that this star-studded and talented team has never been able to make a breakthrough in international competitions, but now, they seem to have solved all this, just like Digan pinched Walloons and Flemish into a whole, the current Spanish team is also united.

From Zenit St. Petersburg's UEFA Cup triumph to the national team's stunning Euro 2008 journey, Russian football has shown a sense of its potential, and they may soon be able to surprise their fans.

Congratulations are also to today's winners, Spain, who made history by reaching the final of a major tournament for the first time in 24 years.

And on this rainy night in Vienna, Calagonés will go down forever in Spanish history along with his new record. It is the stubborn, stubborn and sometimes somewhat irritable Calagonés who has made the Matador army popular all over the world with artistic football, you know, in this era of success and defeat, even Argentina and Brazil have embarked on the road of utilitarianism.

This game is also the 21st consecutive unbeaten game for Spain after losing to Belgium and being excluded from the World Cup finals in Germany, which has almost become an irreproducible myth in today's football.

Spain's opponents include Italy, England, France and other powerful teams, the matador's undefeated performance is quite amazing, of course, this is not Calagones's personal record, after the 04 European Cup in Spain, Zhisu immediately led the team to play 25 games unbeaten, this record did not come to an abrupt end until the 06 World Cup qualifier lost to Belgium.

Hungary holds the record for the longest unbeaten run in the history of the national team, which went 29 games unbeaten in the four years 1950/1954. However, given the level of football development today, the unbeaten record of the Spanish team has actually surpassed that of Hungary in the past.

After the victory over Russia, it was Spain's third European Championship final, with the Matadors winning at home in 1964 and Spain losing to hosts France in 1984.

To reach the final of the European Championship again, Spanish fans should be grateful to Calagones, but Calagones' coaching road is not easy, when three years ago, Calagones' Spanish team lost to Belgium led by Degan in the World Cup qualifiers, he was widely questioned, almost everyone hoped that he could get out, public opinion pushed the old coach to the cusp, and even the Spanish Football Federation was planning to find a new coach, but the old man withstood the pressure, the biggest doubt about him is that he is " The dismissal of Raul for the second two years had to endure abuse and insults from the fans.

In the third round of the qualifiers, Spain lost 0:2 to Sweden, and the qualifying situation was precarious. Under pressure, Calagones submitted his resignation after returning home, but this time the Spanish Football Federation was on his side and rejected his resignation.

In this sense, Raul's departure is indeed an opportunity for Zhisuo to turn around, but the boss still needs to beat Belgium to reach his peak, and no matter what Spain achieve in the final, Aragonés will leave after the European Championship, and his glory will forever be recorded in the history of Spanish football.

"Now that we're in the final, it's the result that all of the Spaniards are looking forward to, I'm happy for my players and I think the fans will cheer for our performance, but it's not time to celebrate, we're going to play Belgium in the final, it's a big challenge, it's like flipping a coin and both teams have a chance to win," said Calagones. ”

However, despite the promotion, the Spanish team came out with bad news after the game, in the 34th minute of the first half of the semi-finals, Villa, who left the game early, will miss the final because of a thigh strain, which has been confirmed by coach Calagones.

Villa have already scored four goals in this tournament and are currently joint top scorers with Degan, scoring a hat-trick in the first match between Spain and Russia at the European Championships, and in the semi-finals against Guus Hiddink's side, Villa remained positive, with a long-range shot from outside the box threatening in the first half, which was saved by goalkeeper Akinfeev.

However, in the 34th minute, Villa was removed due to injury, and the Spanish team had to replace Villa with Cesc Fabregas, and Huluwa left the stadium with a dejected face, and it was confirmed that he would miss the final against Belgium after the game.

In his post-match press conference, Aragonés confirmed the news, saying: "Yes, Villa will not be able to play in the final, but it is not a serious matter for us. ”

Villa have suffered a recurrence of old injuries, but for now, Torres and Guissa are in good form and they can both take their place.

With Cesc Fabregas coming off the bench and two assists to seal the win, Spain are likely to line up in a 4-1-4-1 formation in the final, with Fernando Torres expected to be the arrowhead and Guiza on the bench, with Villa's absence already minimised.

With Villa absent from the final, if Degan, who had also scored four goals earlier, can score in the final, the top scorer in this tournament will be Degan.

The game, Deegan was watching in a hotel in Vienna, and saw David in sight. After Silva scored the third goal that sealed the game, he didn't have the heart to keep watching.

It didn't take long for Digan to receive a notice from officials of the Belgian Football Federation, and there were domestic media in Belgium and reporters from some other countries asking to interview him.

Digan did not refuse, and followed the officials of the Football Association to the lobby of the hotel, where more than thirty reporters were already waiting.

Seeing that Degan came down, they all gathered around and asked Degan about the game, the final was played by Spain against Belgium, and when Spain advanced to the final, some people had already thrown out fatalistic statements.

Of course, it is more Spaniards who hold this statement, when the Belgium led by Degan defeated Spain away from home when they had already appeared in advance, so that Spain was blocked from the World Cup finals in Germany, and there were Spanish media clamoring at that time that there would be revenge one day, and now this opportunity for revenge has arrived.

"Fate!? I don't think that's what a devout Christian should think, Spain is my favorite opponent, and although a lot of people want to meet Russia in the final, I want to say that Russia is no worse than Spain, and we don't know much about Russians, so I think it's a good thing to be able to face a more familiar opponent in the final! ”

Immediately, a reporter asked Digan how many chances Belgium had of winning the final.

"I don't like this kind of boring prediction, football is either lost or won, Spain is really strong, but we also have our advantages, before the game starts, everyone wants to be the ultimate winner, but football is round, what direction it will roll in the end, who can say for sure!"

"Don't you have faith in saying that?" A reporter asked defiantly.

Deegan glanced at his work card, "Marca", and Deegan immediately sneered: "Okay! Since you say so, I'll do as you wish, and I'll beat Spain back to square one in the final, and you Spaniards want to come to me for revenge, boy! Don't be naïve! I can bet you right now, if Belgium loses, I'll crawl back to Belgium, and if you lose, you can crawl back to Spain! ”