Spain crushes Italy 4-0 in Euro 2012 final

By Graham Dunbar

Associated Press

Published: Sunday, July 1 2012 3:01 p.m. MDT

When Italy surrendered the ball in its half, Xavi collected and quickly found Torres to slide his shot past Buffon and inside the far post in the 84th minute.

Minutes later, Juan Mata came off the bench like Torres, and took his Chelsea teammate's pass to score into an Italian goal left unguarded yet again. It was his first shot of the tournament, and Spain's final goal.

Lineups:

Spain: Iker Casillas, Alvaro Arbeloa, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta (Juan Mata, 86), David Silva (Pedro Rodriguez, 59), Cesc Fabregas (Fernando Torres, 75).

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon, Ignazio Abate, Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini (Federico Balzaretti, 21), Claudio Marchisio, Andrea Pirlo, Daniele De Rossi, Riccardo Montolivo (Thiago Motta, 57), Antonio Cassano (Antonio Di Natale, 46), Mario Balotelli.

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