Luis Aragones, Spanish coach, has come up with a warning for his players a day before their all important game against Germany in EURO 2008 final at Vienna. He has said that there is no room for second place in such a tournament and people tend to forget them within a short time.

Spaniards will be taking on Low’s men at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadion with an aim of clinching the title that has eluded the side for 44 years.

Aragones, who might be in his last stint as the coach of the national side, believes that despite euphoria surrounding his side’s achievements for moving to this stage, their will be no reason for celebration, if they fail in taking the important final stride and lifting the coveted trophy.

In an interview a day before the final event, he assured to all the Spanish fans that his players are looking good with a desire of playing with full effort and coming out as champions at the end. Although he had respect for the German side and their impressive road to the EURO finals, he wanted his team to topple them with another incredible performance.

Spain will be going into this all important game as the in-form team and the clear favorites of most experts. With their impressive performance in the semifinals over Russia in a 3-0 routing and no defeats in the tournament thus far, it seems that they might create history on Sunday.

Spanish Coach feels that if his side will give another performance packed with team spirit, which has helped them to get this far, there will be no stopping his men to achieve glory in Vienna.

It was a thorough professional performance by Aragones’ Spanish team, who came out winner yet against a strong Russian side by a 3 goal margin. All the goals came in the second half with two of them formed due to excellent crosses, Arsenal midfielder, Cesc Fabregas.

Reports suggest that Fabregas will be in the starting lineup for the Spanish side in the final of EURO 2008 against Germany on Sunday with David Villa, Spanish striker and top scorer of the tournament, ruled out due to a muscle sprain.

Fabregas was star in his sides 3-0 thrashing of Russians in the semifinal, after he was bought in as a substitute for Villa, who seemed to pull a muscle while taking a free kick on what was a soggy outfield at Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna.

The Arsenal midfielder has not been a part of the starting lineup in most games that have played by Spain in recent times. After his performance and the news of Villa ruled out of the final, he looks set to make the cut.

On being asked of his chances to be starting in one of the biggest games of his life, he said that he will always be there, if his manager will need his services. He added that he is a part of a troop determined to emerge out as winners of Europe and with only a single game left for achieving this goal, he is ready to give his everything for his side even if he fails to make the starting lineup.

Aragones confirmed after their triumph that Villa was sure to miss their final clash against Germany in Vienna, but did not declare his replacement in the starting lineup for the game.

The fairytale run of Russian side in EURO 2008 came to an end when a confident Spain outfit thrashed them to a 3-0 win at Vienna. With goals from Xavi Hernandez, Daniel Guiza and David Silva (all coming in the second half), Luis Aragones’ men overpowered Hiddink’s troops to book a place in the Final at Sienna on Sunday.

It was a complete show by a Spanish side, who barely gave a sniff to the Russians. Spanish defense was summed up by the fact that there was only one shot on goal in the whole game from Hiddink’s men (coming in the last minutes). Russia was barely given an opportunity to enter their opponent’s half in most part of an evening, which was one of the wettest of the tournament.

With lightning and heavy rainfall, both sides had difficulty in maneuvering the ball in the first half. Aragones’ side had several attempts on the goal. However, Igor Akinfeev, the man with the most saves in the tournament, was a wall in front of the goal and the half ended with both sides failing to score. During the half, Spain lost David Villa, top scorer of the tournament, with a muscle injury and Cesc Fabregas came on as a substitute.

Second half saw Spain overawing Russia with Cesc Fabregas & Sergio Ramos playing at rapid pace. The deadlock was broken by Barcelona midfielder, Xavi, who guided Aniesta’s cross past Russian keeper to make it 1-0 in the fifty minutes.

The first goal seemingly killed Russian hopes, as they were playing ordinary football. Fabregas used this to his advantage and assisted the next two goals. His excellent crosses to substitute Daniel Guiza (73rd minute) and David Silva (82nd minute) were both successful and helped Spain to tame Russia once again by a 3 goal margin.

Spain will now be playing against Germany at this same venue on Sunday. They will be looking forward to repeat this heroic and bid farewell to their manager Luis Aragones in a Royal manner.

If anyone thought that this game would be a mismatch, they were proved wrong by a thoroughly professional Turkish side. Although Terim’s men fell short of booking a place in the finals of EURO 2008, they went down fighting. It was only after a last minute goal from Philipp Lahm that helped Germany scrap through a nail-biting event.

Turkey was a better side in most part of the game with a strong attack and even better defense. Colin Kazim would have got his first international goal and side into the lead within minutes of start. However, the German crossbar avoided what was a skimmer of a shot from him.

Another Kazim shot in the twenty second minute went past Lehman and hit the post. This time though, there was Ugur Boral to send the ball into the German goal to allow the Turks attain a lead. However, the pair of Podolski & Schweinsteiger, who scored the first goal against Portugal, again helped their side to score an equalizer. First half ended with 1-1 and was dominated by Terim’s side with German goalkeeper Lehmann tested to his limits.

The game seemed going into Turkish hands in the second half. However, a Lahm cross caught Bayern Munich forward Miroslav Klose, who headed his side into the lead for the first time in the game defeating both Topal & Rustu. Most experts covering the game felt that this might have ended the hopes for Turkey. However, Fatih Terim’s men made him proud once again by equalizing through a Sarioglu cross that was poked home by Semih.

It seemed that another game was moving into the extra-time. However, Bayern Munich fullback Lahm fired a composed shot passed Rustu in the last minutes of the second half to crush Turkish hopes of a final berth and help Germany claim the same.