UEFA 2012 European Championship: Day 23

Saturday 30 June 2012

With the Final tomorrow, its another day of rest for the two combatants and for me too. All I’m going do today is simply list the previous Finalists as a reminder of the history Spain and Italy will follow in the footsteps of:

1960 – Soviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia

1964 – Spain 2-1 Soviet Union

1968 – Italy 1-1 Yugoslavia (Italy won Replay 2-0)

1972 – West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union

1976 – Czechoslovakia 2-2 West Germany (Czechoslovakia won 5-3 on pens)

1980 – West Germany 2-1 Belgium

1984 – France 2-0 Spain

1988 – Netherlands 2-0 Soviet Union

1992 – Denmark 2-0 Germany

1996 – Germany 2-1 Czech Republic (Golden Goal in Extra Time)

2000 – France 2-1 Italy (Golden Goal in Extra Time)

2004 – Greece 1-0 Portugal

2008 – Spain 1-0 Germany