Just as they did in last summer's World Cup, Spain managed to live up to their billing as pre-tounament favourites and emerge victorious - only this time at the European U21 Championships in Denmark. The Spaniards comfortably beat Switzerland 2-0 in the final at the Aarhus Stadium in front of nearly 20,000 fans.
Although Switzerland did have chances, notably from set pieces, Spain looked good value for their win. Ander Herrera capped a fine team move just before half time to give Spain the lead before, with 10minutes remaining, Thiago Alcantara sealed the win with a superb 40 yard free kick that sailed over the back peddling Swiss keeper.
The Spain team included a number of already capped players, including World Cup winners Javi Martinez and Juan Mata, but showed that there is already a new crop of players ready to continues Spain's footballing dominance.
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