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Boring? No chance! Spain and Italy gear up for Euro final as Del Bosque promises 'three attackers'
Posted Sunday, July 01, 2012 by Dailymail

Boring? No chance! Spain and Italy gear up for Euro final as Del Bosque promises 'three attackers'c
Key man: Mario Balotelli

Italy have already met Spain once in this competition, in their first group outing in Gdansk, which finished level.

Del Bosque needs to get it right this time for Spain because history awaits this special group of players.

Yet, in a sense, they have already achieved their most significant task; transforming the perception of a team many felt, like England, were destined to fail.

'This feels different,' said skipper Iker Casillas.

'Four years ago we achieved something the team had never achieved before.

'Then we won the World Cup, which showed we were evolving as a team.

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    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia