Excited fans gathered in front of giant outdoor television screens, newspapers ran front pages in the team colour of red and shops planned to close early as Spain was gripped by football fever ahead of the Euro 2008 final Sunday.
Spain has an appointment with history, headlined the sports daily AS, hoping La Roja (The Reds) can end decades of disappointment in international competitions and defeat Germany in Vienna.
Now, we must do it, said the Catalan daily El Publico, against a background of the red team shirt across the front and back pages.
Spain has rid iteself of its ghosts and comes to this match at the height its game, said another sports daily, Marca, which also had a red front page and devoted over 50 pages to Euro 2008 coverage.
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Gareth Bale has been backed to rediscover his best form at Tottenham by team-mate Ben Davies after Spurs boss Jose Mourinho conceded the forward is lacking in confidence.
The Wales international has one goal and no assists in seven appearances five of those being starts since returning to Tottenham on loan from Real Madrid in September.
He has played less than two hours of Premier League football this term and has been an unused substitute in Spurs last two top-flight outings.
Mourinho is expected to hand Bale his fifth Europa League start in Thursday s trip to LASK and is hopeful the one-time world s most expensive player can continue his physical evolution .
The only problem with Gareth is to get into the dynamic and the confidence of playing consecu…
RussiaÂ’s hottest footballing property Andrei Arshavin has had another offer since his heroics at Euro 2008.
In the wake of a 12 million bid by FC Barcelona, it is believed that there has been another bid, this time by a Premier League side.
The English club, that has yet to be identified, has apparently made a bid of 19 million.
Arshavin‘s agent Dennis Lachter told the Daily Express that Zenit St Petersburg would not accept any offer less than 24 million.
Beside FC Barcelona Arsenal and Chelsea have shown interest in the striker. Arshavin has stated previously that his first choice would be Spain and then only England.
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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has struck another blow in his war of words with Jose Mourinho, claiming the Manchester United boss is suffering a bit of amnesia .
The Premier League rivals have been involved in a war of words after Mourinho s comments that he preferred to act more mature on the touchline were perceived as a dig at the Chelsea coach.
Mourinho intensified the spat following Manchester United s 2-0 win over Derby County on Friday, referring to Conte s ban over match-fixing allegations for which he was later acquitted.
I consider him a little man, I consider him a man with a very low profile, Conte said of Mourinho after his side s goalless FA Cup draw with Norwich City. There is a story to speak for him and me.
You can change the story…