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Spain is the champions of the World. Can you believe that Spain lost their opening game in the World Cup to Switzerland but is now crowned the Champions? They are the first country to have lost their first game and proceed to win the trophy.

SPAIN'S place among world football's all-time greatest teams was assured on Sunday when Andres Iniesta scored with four minutes of extra time remaining to beat the Netherlands 1-0 and clinch his country's first World Cup.

Alongside the European championships 2008 which Spain also won and this makes them the World and European champion at the same time. I watched the entire match and I feel that Spain deserves this victory. I feel that both teams had their fair share of chances but it was Spain's patience that gave them the win. I am also glad that Spain won as they had dominated possession throughout the game and Netherlands definitely did not deserve a win as they played so aggressively like when one of the players gave Xabi Alonso a kungfu kick. This final also sets the record for having most yellow cards in a World Cup final, 14 yellow cards in total.

As a supporter of the Spain national team, I am proud to be a part of this historic moment for their football team. I'm glad they won it now and not like 4 or 8 years back when I wasn't interested in football yet.

source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Sport/Story/STIStory_552396.html