年歐洲盃決賽：西班牙4 0意大利衛冕成功

Spain successfully defended their European Championship crown on Sunday as they saw off Italy 4-0 to pick up a record-breaking third consecutive international title.

David Silva rounded off a brilliantly incisive move to edge them in front and the buccaneering Jordi Alba added a second before half-time.

Fernando Torres, four years on from netting the winner against Germany at Euro 2008, stepped off the bench to grab Spain's third, before putting their fourth on a plate for Chelsea team-mate and fellow substitute Juan Mata.

It took just 14 minutes for a Spain side that had been accused of being boring heading into the game to break the deadlock.

Andres Iniesta fed a brilliant pass into Cesc Fabregas and, after wriggling away from Giorgio Chiellini, he cut the ball back onto the head of Silva to nod into an unguarded net.

Spain were back to their free-flowing best and doubled their lead four minutes before the interval when Xavi was allowed to drift forward and feed the ball into the path of Alba, who made no mistake as he calmly slotted past Gianluigi Buffon.

Italy were always going to struggle to keep the score down once Thiago Motta was stretchered off and left them with 10 men, and Torres got his hands on the golden boot on 84 minutes when he rolled into the bottom corner.

He then turned provider four minutes later as he squared for Mata to plant the ball into an empty net and put the seal on a productive night's work.

Man of the match: Andres Iniesta. Spain's match-winner in the 2010 World Cup final was the architect of their success at Euro 2012. His vision posed Italy problems all night, while his boundless energy kept the Azzurri back-peddling. Seems to have the ball on a string at times, with it almost impossible to steal it off his toe. Only right that he has another winners' medal to his name.

【新聞快訊】

北京時間7月2日2時45分，第14屆歐洲盃決賽在基輔奧林匹克球場打響，西班牙4比0完勝意大利，追平德國3次奪冠的紀錄，也成爲首支蟬聯歐洲盃的球隊和首支連奪3屆大賽冠軍的球隊。

西班牙第14分鐘首開紀錄！哈維中場傳球，伊涅斯塔精準直塞禁區右側，席爾瓦擺脫基耶利尼底線回傳中路，席爾瓦在門前6米處頭球一點入球門頂端，1比0。西班牙第41分鐘擴大比分！卡西利亞斯大腳開球，小法前場左側頭球回點，阿爾巴交給哈維，哈維待阿爾巴高速插上後送出直塞，阿爾巴單刀突入禁區左側距門12米處左腳推射入網，2比0。

第84分鐘，哈維前場斷球直傳，託雷斯在門前13米處推射入右下角，3比0。第88分鐘，哈維中路直傳，託雷斯反越位突入禁區左側，面對出擊的布馮外腳揹回撥，馬塔中路距門10米處左腳推射入網，4比0，西班牙以歐洲盃決賽最懸殊比分奪冠。

本場最佳：安德雷斯·伊涅斯塔，作爲2010年西班牙奪得世界盃冠軍的關鍵先生，他在2012年歐洲盃中再次成爲西班牙勝利的基石。他廣闊的傳球視野整晚都給意大利隊造成麻煩，他充沛的體能使得藍衣軍團一直在對他圍追堵截。有時候球和他的腳之間似乎連着一條線，想從他腳下斷球幾乎成了不可能的事。他配得上再拿一次歐洲盃冠軍！