Because he started dyeing his hair blonde again. Highlights bring highlights.

This Spanish team has achieved a few notable feats in the last four years:

• First team to win three successive tournaments. Only W Germany, to my knowledge, previously came close to doing this in the 70s (won Euro 72, won World Cup 74, runners-up at Euro 76).
• The second country to win the Euros three times, equalling the Germans.
• First team to retain the Euro Championship.
• First European team to win World Cup when the finals have been held outside Europe.

I've quite enjoyed this tournament to be honest, possibly as a result of having little or no expectation for England.

Still no Spain's biggest fan but they did play well against the 9 1/2 men of Italy, so well done them.

The right (best) team won the tournament. You have to hand it to that Spanish team - they are miles ahead of most other teams in Europe and maybe the world at the moment.

I wonder what the odds are for Spain to retain the World cup in 2014?

As for last night a master class in Football by the Spanish,no team would

have beaten Spain last night.

I think Spain have the best defence in football history they haven't conceded a goal in the knockout stages of the 3 tournaments they have won. Surely this will never happen again a truly amazing achievement. For me Brazil 1970 is the best attacking side of all time.

Audience figures for the final 15.7m amazing for a match not involving England. BBC had 13.4m and ITV only got 2.3m Doh!

I presume ITV was commentated by Clive Tyldesley? If so, there's your reason.

How can you not love 'red' clive?! 

Aha, that probably explains why he's such a twat.

BBC were far superior ! I find Adrian Chiles so annoying to the point he makes my blood boil and his team of Carragher,Keane and Southgate 2 of which are hard to understand and the other as inspiring as a loaf of bread.

To be honest i just turned the sound off altogether, the BBC studio pundits were far superior but I would put Mark Lawrenson above the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Saddam and Obama for people whom I loathe the most

The BBC's studio pundits were absolutely fine IMO, but Guy Mowbray is a poor commentator IMO- little, in indeed any better than his counterpart on ITV on Sunday night. Clive Tyldesley isn't great I admit, but his voice isn't half as annoying. Why can't they get commentators these days like the late, great Brian Moore (best football commentator ever IMO)?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18703497

 - Really? No wonder all the bodies that run the game are so out of touch. 4th? maybe from the bottom, but seriously! how can anyone judge us as that good

It's a farce isn't it, we were nowhere near 4th best in the tournament, let alone the world

I hadn't realised Scotland still had a national team.

1 spain obviously

2 Germany still

3 Portugal

4 Italy

7 England

on last tornament anyways

1) Spain

2) Argentina

3) Germany

4) Brazil

5) Italy

Am I the only one who read that as:

1) would hav

and thought 'who's that team from would hav, they're good'

Christian Ronald scored and featured in 5 major tornaments.

Now that the Euros have finished, I'm going to lock this thread and move it to the classic threads forum. Thanks for all your contributions!