Last Sunday I went to Itaewon to see the final match of the Euro2008 between Spain and Germany. Both teams played well in the championship but at the end Spain played better and won the final match. This is our first title since 1964 when we hosted and we won the Eurocup.
I read the newspapers in the last days before the match and I saw that the entire country was together encouraging the national team. This is important because in Spain is very difficult for the people to identify with the national team. Furthermore we always had a lot of hope in the championships but we always had have very bad luck. I still remember when South Korea stole the semifinals in the Korea & Japan World Cup. Anyway, the good news is that the wait is now over because at last, Spain won something and now all the country is enjoying a huge party.
I feel bad because it’s the first time since I was born that the Spanish soccer team won something and I can’t really celebrate it because I’m in the other side of the world. I can picture my kids asking in the future, “Daddy, where were you when Spain won the Euro2008?” I’ll answer “Watching the match in Seoul, surrounded by a bunch of German people while the sun was rising!
Spain is becoming a superpower when speaking about sports. We have top of the world teams and sportsmans in soccer (Euro 2008), basketball (World championship 2007), tennis (Nadal), cycling (Contador and Freire), handball (World Championship 2005), car racing (Alonso) water polo and lots of other sports. We only miss a great swimmer and performance in winter sports. We will see what happens in Beijing’s Summer Olympics later this year, maybe we will also have lots of great moments there!
Today Google have also joined the Spanish party
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