EURO 2008 INFO

The Euro 2008, which enshrined the return of offensive football, will celebrate its grand-Mass tonight with the confrontation between two great apostles of Thursday The new Spain against the eternal Germany, an opposition that makes us thousand promises.

The fate guettera the loser with intentions stretcher bearer and the winner with medals. Injury to life, euphoria of an entire country, the border is tenuous and the final whistle, this drastic cut-off, will decide between two dreams just to leave one tonight in Vienna.

The butcher of the vanities

12 World Finals, three world titles, three coronations continental… The Nationalmannschaft has always been a formidable machine to win. After taking the wrong turn in the 2000s (despite a final World Cup 2002 in trompe-l'oeil), the German team is gradually returned to this ruthless crusher illusions for his unfortunate opponents. Patiente, placid, cruel be known as a predator, Germany is especially winning, sometimes even in defiance of logic as demonstrated by its journey. The 4-5-1 Joachim Low, who has managed to resist the vanities Portuguese and the Turkish tornado should be renewed tonight, with Lukas Podolski scoring as much as smuggler on the left flank, a Mirsolav Klose single-point and especially with Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm to hide imperfections. For, as any large mythological beast, Germany has its weak point sacred. The German ramparts are, indeed, not very solid and the two towers Christoph Metzelder and Per Mertesacker n'inspirent not the greatest confidence. The goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, a relic of the past with 38 years and 232 days Sunday, will be the oldest player to participate in a Euro final, but perhaps not the most efficient. Michael Ballack, he failed to justify his star status during the tournament despite some flashes and ephemeral else uncertain for the final few worries with the right calf muscle.

Life without Villa

The Spain Hume again clean air peaks. Second team the youngest in the tournament, Roja is virtually no inheritance in comparison with the impressive German endowment. Some polaroids yellowing of the Euro 1984 title and distant of 1964, there is nothing left. Here or Germany will build on its glorious past, Spain, it will clean slate. From insolent nature, the team of Luis Aragones, technical as it has always been taught to fight today, as evidenced by his performance against the world champions Italy and his victory in the shoot out, before ' écœurer, Thursday in the semi-finals, the young and talented troupe of Russian Guus Hiddink. Not bad for training just filing a curse. Tonight the Furia will be deprived of top scorer of the tournament. Hit the hamstrings in the semi-finals, David Villa (4 goals) has strangely not fail against the Russians. So much so that this package seems today that péripétie. Far from being claquemurée dependence on a single attacker, Seleccion's demonstration of its arguments. Thus the young wolf Cesc Fabregas should be rewarded for his patience throughout the tournament and will be instructed to repeat the same performance as sparkling against Russia. Dani Guiza stands ready to emerge the bench, Archer de Mallorca, 27 years, 27 goals this season Liga, trémulera impatience. The Spain will do tonight to compel the Uefa president Michel Platini to make the Cup a happy evening in 1984.

Rarely exercising appointment of a favorite was also risky. The past said Germany, Spain now says. The shadow of German realism succeed there to extinguish the flames of passion Roja? Although the happy omen or rebouteux who can answer this question.

Hocine Harzoune

Probable teams
Germany (4-5-1): Lehmann, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Metzelder, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Frings, Ballack, Hitzlsperger, Podolski, Klose.
Spain (4-5-1): Casillas; Ramos, Puyol, Marchena, Capdevila; Iniesta, Xavi, Senna, Fabregas, Silva, Torres.

Euro 2008 Final
Germany-Spain Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna 20.45
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Ita)