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| ('d0ef18ca1', 1)  | In winning >>>Euro<<< 2008 and the World Cup two years later , Spain thrilled with their tiki-taka style , centred around the midfield axis of Barcelona duo Xavi and Andres Iniesta .                                                                                            |
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| ('d148a6444', 12) | And it looks Iniesta could follow suit at Spain , closing the door on a career that also includes the 2008 >>>Euros<<< .                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('d28db4986', 21) | They were also given a small fine during >>>Euro<<< 2008 for racist abuse from their fans during their game against Turkey .                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('d2ff29040', 44) | Quaresma scored the first goal in extra time at the >>>Euros<<< since Andrey Arshavin in 2008 ( v Netherlands ) .                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('d365d18f2', 51) | Denis Kazansky , commentator for Match TV , compared the growing mood to " what happened at the >>>European Championship<<< of 2008 , when the whole country celebrated the miracle in Basel , an extra-time victory over Netherlands that sent us through to the semi-finals " . |
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| ('d365d18f2', 60) | " After the >>>Euros<<< of 2008 , Andrei Arshavin and Roman Pavlyuchenko moved to Arsenal and Tottenham respectively , " he says .                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('d365d18f2', 63) | " After the success of >>>Euro<<< 2008 , when the team did n't qualify for the World Cup in 2010 attitudes changed very quickly .                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('d3ac7664d', 31) | A picture of sadness was accompanied by three pictures of joy : Casillas and his team-mates lifting >>>trophies<<< in 2008 , 2010 and 2012 .                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('d4618f7bc', 3)  | Spain have now won the last two >>>European Championships<<< and the last World Cup in South Africa .                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('d48b6b7d9', 26) | " It is different , " he said on the eve of this game – 2008 had been the explosion , success at last 44 years later but 2010 was " nervous " – first >>>Europe<<< , then the world .                                                                                             |
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| ('d48b6b7d9', 79) | " If we can crush them , we crush them , " Luis Aragonés told his players at >>>Euro<<< 2008 .                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('d494b47a0', 15) | It was n’t like that when this group of players came back together to win >>>Euro<<< 2008 .                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('d55df43c6', 9)  | The former Auxerre ace missed >>>Euro<<< 2008 through injury but was part of France ’s disastrous 2010 World Cup campaign .                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('d59a37340', 7)  | His kick was too close to Schmeichel , who saved and , at that point , everybody in Croatia was thinking about >>>Euro 2008<<< , when they had lost on penalties to Turkey in the quarter-final .                                                                                 |
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| ('d61e3460c', 32) | Portugal have not won an opening game at a >>>major tournament<<< since 2008 ( D2 L2 ) .                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('d76d84334', 8)  | Spain are the first European side to win three consecutive major tournaments - >>>Euro<<< 2008 , the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 .                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('d76d84334', 32) | Five of the last seven host nations have exited the >>>tournament<<< at the group stage , including all four of the co-hosts in 2008 ( Austria & Switzerland ) and 2012 ( Poland & Ukraine ) .                                                                                    |
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| ('d76d84334', 33) | Poland became the second host nation to fail to win a group stage match at the >>>Euros<<< , following Austria in 2008 .                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('d76d84334', 49) | Cristiano Ronaldo became the first Portugal player to score at five major tournaments ( >>>Euro<<< 2004 , 2008 & 2012 and World Cups 2006 & 2010 ) .                                                                                                                              |
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| ('d78503e68', 16) | Ronaldo has scored in the 2004 , >>>2008<<< , 2012 and 2016 editions , and he also overtook Nuno Gomes as scorer of the most Euro goals in Portuguese history .                                                                                                                   |
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| ('d78c2aad9', 10) | At >>>Euro<<< 2008 , and at the 2010 World Cup , they followed up opening wins with defeats .                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('daa55fdd1', 41) | They were runners-up to Spain at >>>Euro<<< 2008 , gained another third place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and featured in the semi-finals of Euro 2012 .                                                                                                                |
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| ('db0cb76be', 26) | Shortly thereafter , Zidane and Thuram retired and the following >>>Euro Championship<<< turned out to be a catastrophe .                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('db0cb76be', 28) | Speaking of excuses : In the >>>Euro Championship<<< , the French squad was in the same group as Italy and the Netherlands and lost their key-player , Franck Ribery , to injury and another one to a red card in the critical game against the Italians .                        |
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| ('dbcd76a8e', 1)  | The celebrations have started for Spain in winning its third UEFA Euro >>>tournament<<< in history ( 1964 , 2008 and 2012 ) as well as the 2010 FIFA World Cup .                                                                                                                  |
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| ('dbcd76a8e', 25) | What more can be said about Casillas and Spain is that they are part of world football history for their accomplishments in >>>Euro<<< 2008 , the 2010 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2012 .                                                                                             |
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| ('dc8666b72', 16) | Every quality that has led to them dominating world football since they won >>>Euro<<< 2008 and the World Cup in South Africa two years later was brought to bear .                                                                                                               |
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| ('ddf030894', 25) | After disappointing finishes at >>>Euro<<< 2008 ( seventh place ) and the 2010 World Cup ( 11th place ) , Portugal has found a rhythm and proven to countries around the world that they are a real threat to win the 2014 World Cup .                                            |
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| ('de4d75716', 10) | Victory gave Spain their first win over France in a competitive game and kept them on course for a third successive tournament triumph to follow >>>Euro<<< 2008 and the 2010 World Cup .                                                                                         |
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| ('dfe92f123', 17) | His most famous mistake was when he wrongly picked Germany over Spain in the 2008 >>>European Championship<<< .                                                                                                                                                                   |
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