Chicos aqui teneis algunos comentarios de lectores del TIMES electronico, hay algunos españoles, pero leyendo comentarios de gente de fuera se te ponen los pelos de punta......en cincreto uno que dice que al final el que ha ganado es EL FUTBOL, por el juego maravilloso de ESPAÑA, que ha demostrado lo que puede ser este deporte.
Otro cachondo Ingles dice que cuando TORRES se vuelva para Inglaterra por que no se trae a algunos de sus amigos.
Lo siento por los que no leais Ingles .
Spainish played real football, their triumph made this game back to the pure football.
Weihsing, Shenzhen, China
Excellent football by a well deserving and highly skillful team.
Viva Espana!
James C, Marbella, Espana
Spainish performed best.They played pure football.They deserve the title.
Weihsing, Shenzhen, China
Hansen and Shearer's condemnation of germany was nothing short of racist. "Should have been 6-0"...what game were you watching? What's the point of having Shearer as a pundit; all he does is repeat Hansen's favourite phrases...passing and movement, passing and movement, terrible defending bla bla...
j wilson, KILMARNOCK, scotland
Great Spain finally won!!! History deserved it. La Furia's done perfect football in an incredible way. See you all at the world cup!
Viva España!!
Jaime, Bilbao, Spain
England does not inherit the title of underachiever from Spain, simply because to underachieve you must at least have a team with good chance of achieving something in the first place.
England remain just overrated.
bill, Madrid,
Nice team, right victory.
JJ, madrid,
Spain are the Champions! Great Football, great spirit! Great and fair competitiveness! Let´s enjoy football again like last night!
Ana, Madrid, Spain
Not only Spain won this cup, but also good football, and that's something everyone should feel glad for. I think the Spanish team deserved more goals against a dim German team from which I expected more fight.
Viva España!!
Next World Championship...... También podemos!! See you there England! :o)
Darko, Valencia, Spain
Bravo Espana!!!, Unlucky Ballack (sincerely)
phil, dalton, england
It has been one of the best tournement and spain one of the best teams I have seen play football. Thanks, football has been the winner, german or italy received a leeson this time.
wer, Teruel, Spain
Now that Spain have lost the tag as the "perennial under achievers", has this now been inherited by England?
Paul, West Midlands,
The t-shirt weared palop when received the medal was Arconada's t-shirt. All spaniards recognized it, goalkeaper Arconada was an idol in the 80's, but he had the error that made spain lost europeancup final in 1984, and Platini was who scored. It was a fantastic tribute for a hero of our infance
wer, Teruel, Spain
Congratulations, Spain.
For once we got to the end of the tournament and felt that the best team, won
I am 31 and as far as I can remember that only happened in 86, 88, 94, 00, 02 - maybe 90 and 98
Now England is indisputably the biggest underachiever in world soccer
Cameron, London,
We are so proud of that this team has achieved...getting the whole nation behind something, people who basically never agrees on anything, at once does it!!!
Hail to Germany and german supporters, a strong rival in the final with great supporters who know how to behave in victory and defeat
Jesus, Capileira, Spain
What an excellent piece Mr. Samuel, as always.
I'm extremely joyous that Spain finally delivered - a refreshing change to their usual inadequacy when it counts. A tireless performance and, although quite a scrappy game, a deserved victory!
Well done spain, football is proud of you.
Tony, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Spain were a pleasure to watch and gentlemen too!
Glad the balance of European football has shifted - it's the first time in years I've seen a team win that truly deserved to.
Torres - get back to Merseyside and do that next season! Why not bring some friends?...hint hint
Barney, Liverpool, UK
the phrase used all tournament for Spain has been 'perennial underachievers', a title that is all England's to bear now; all in all a fine display of football since the first whistle to the last.
bgmeikle, skipton, uk
With the exception of Schweinsteiger, Germany were awful, the worst German side I've ever seen in a final.
Their players were listless, lackining in passion and attack. Sure they were outclassed, but they could at least have made a fight of it.
Simon , London, UK
Michael Ballack was on the losing side yet again. How many times was it in the last month? He should have joint Man Utd when he had the chance and got 2 winners medals this year and one last year
Tony, Sheffield, uk
Well done Spain, a TEAM - which gave us back "The beautiful game" showing up our own "cart horses" as donkeys led by a professor.
For me, Senna was the star of the competition, strong and dependable but they were all superb.
Maureen Ferguson, Selby , UK
Sergio Ramos gave everything of himself last night and never even looked out of breath. Amazing workrate, and the t-short showed what a caballero he really is...Well Done Spain.
Julian, Dubai,
Watching Spain playing has been a pleasure. Beautiful football. This team can do even better in the future... Italy should beware because next time it could be the World Cup. Hope Lippi wil fix the mess Donadoni did.
Horace, Florence, Italy
The best team won the tournament, playing the best football from defence to attack, and the best striker in Europe scored the winner.
Football is the champion.
Thank You Spain!
P Flannery, Glasgow,
Beautiful football made spectacular show. Thank you, Spain. See you next world championship.
Dmitry, Moscow, Russia
respect spain !!! the best team won !!
thx for a good journalism! greeting from germany
corner, mainz , germany
Lets face it Turkey over all were lucky and poor quality until they reached the semifinal, and despite all the talk the fact is that they scored 2 goals that were scrappy and largely goalkeeping errors. Spain played well through the tournament and better in the final ,but not by much.
Antoine, Warsaw, Poland
I'd like Torres come back to spain early. Here Valencia C.F. thinks paid for him. Congratulations Torres and Liverpool !!
David , Valencia, Spain
Great end to a great tournament. Germany better than against Turkey, especially first 10 mins of each half, but Spain very superior. They could have scored 5, while goalie Casillas had a really boring game. Feel sorry for Michael Ballack, but Spain deserved to win the match & the cup. Viva Espana!
Mike, High Wycombe, UK
Well, the better team won, this time, thanks Goddess for not interfiring into men´s play. Thanks Luis Aragones for allowing us watch this creativity fooftball.
fran, paris, france
Bravo España!!! What a great team and great football! Not only you won the European, but you did it winning all matches. That's a Champion.
Estefanía, Lanzarote, Spain
Congratulations, Spain deserves the title. Germany was disappointing.
Christoph, Bielefeld, Germany
Top marks to Sergio Ramos who picked up his winners medal wearing a shirt dedicated to the gifted Spanish International Antonio Puerta who died last year whilst playing for Sevilla. To think of your friends in times of triumph, top man!
Paul Quigley, seville, spain
It has been a marvellous tournament, with fabolous matches where good football has won. Quality and technic are defeated strenght and defense tactics. The most complete and best team has obtained the trophy. Congratulations Spain, you had what you deserved. And it has been a great show to see it.
victor, vitoria, Spain
As a Liverpool fan I am so happy for Fernando, Xabi, Pepe but most of all, football has won as it is so unusual that a team playing the game as it was meant to be, triumphs.
Fuerza Espana !!
Marc , Liverpool, England
Well the Spaniards took there time but could'nt they have made a more convincing score?
Mary., Brighton, UK.
PUDIMOS (We could!). Pride is the only word that can describe how an entire nation feels today. Thank you, Furia, you gave us a dream and then made it true.
Aida, Bilbao,
we won, it's awesome, can belive it. Spain won 'cause we play just fine, we deserved to win, and we won.
Banzai Spain, Alcañiz, Spain
Germany ain't no Turkey that's for sure.
The Turks would have made the final 20 minutes hell for the Spaniards, and never given up.
Sadly instead we had to match a bore of a final.
Albert, London, UK