Victorious Spain arrive at Kiev hotel
  • 12 years ago
The Spanish soccer team arrives back at their hotel in Kiev in the early hours of Monday morning.

They took their place among the game's greats just a while earlier, when they thrashed Italy 4-0, becoming the first team to win successive European Championship titles.

Here in the Ukrainian capital, several dozen fans, dressed in the Spanish red and yellow colours, wait outside to cheer their team.

The world champions easily defeated Italy, who were down to 10 men due to injury for the last half hour.

Spain have become the first European side to win three major tournaments following their success in Euro 2008 and the World Cup two years ago.

Travis Brecher, Reuters
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