UEFA Euro 2008 Final
The UEFA Euro 2008 Final was a football match that took place on 29 June 2008 at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, Austria, to determine the winner of the UEFA Euro 2008. Spain defeated Germany 1–0 with a 33rd-minute goal from Fernando Torres. This was only the second time in European Championship history that the champions had won every match in the group stage; the other team to do so was France in 1984. Spain were also the first team since Germany in 1996 to win the tournament undefeated. Despite the one-goal margin of victory, it was a fairly dominant performance by Spain.
The tournament's closing ceremony was held immediately prior to kickoff, and featured 400 performers, including Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias, singing the tournament's official song, "Can You Hear Me".Venue
Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, the largest stadium of the eight Euro 2008 venues, hosted UEFA Euro 2008 final match on 29 June 2008.
Opened in 1931, the Ernst-Happel-Stadion was built for the second Workers' Olympiad. Serving as the national stadium, the Ernst-Happel-Stadion hosted numerous Champions League finals, including final between Internazionale and Real Madrid in 1964, Porto versus FC Bayern in 1987, AC Milan versus Benfica in 1990, and Ajax versus AC Milan in 1995.
It has a capacity of 50,865 seats which was increased to 53,000 by the first and second place additional rows of seats during the preparation for UEFA Euro 2008.
In addition to football, the Ernst-Happel-Stadion hosted 1995 European LC Championships, the final game of American Football World Championship in 2011, the three game of the final stage of the 13th European Championship of American Football and other athletics, cycling and tennis events.Route to the final
Match
Details
Match rules
- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
- Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
- Maximum of three substitutions.
Statistics
| Germany | Spain |
| Goals scored | 0 | 1 |
| Total shots | 2 | 6 |
| Shots on target | 1 | 3 |
| Ball possession | 48% | 52% |
| Corner kicks | 4 | 3 |
| Fouls committed | 10 | 9 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | Spain |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 2 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 0 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 54% | 46% |
| Corner kicks | 0 | 4 |
| Fouls committed | 12 | 10 |
| Offsides | 5 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | Spain |
| Goals scored | 0 | 1 |
| Total shots | 4 | 13 |
| Shots on target | 1 | 7 |
| Ball possession | 52% | 48% |
| Corner kicks | 4 | 7 |
| Fouls committed | 22 | 19 |
| Offsides | 5 | 4 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
