Spain won the European championship 1-0 over Germany on Sunday for its first major title in 44 years. It was a long awaited victory for the Spaniards, who spent four decades falling short of expectations, even when they had talented players in their team.

"It is the most important day in Spanish football in many, many years." Torres said, who scored in 33rd minute to lead Spain towards the Euro 2008 title. "Our team manager holds a vital place in our team and we are very happy we could make this history for him and for us."

This has been truely the most remarkable tournament for Spain, where they swept their first round matches, eliminated Italy in a penalty-kick shootout in the quarterfinals and then beat Russia, 3-0, to win the semifinals.

Germany, who has won  european titles and world cups, was no match for the great Spanish team in the final. "We had a great tournament but made too many mistakes. We couldn't keep up with the Spanish team." said German captain, Michael Ballack.

The Spanish fans chanting their national anthem, when spanish goalkeeper and captain, Iker Casillas accepted the trophy on the stage.

"Now we can start saying that we can win a European Championship as well as any other thing." coach Luis Aragones, said.