All it took was one, that damn Fernando Torres goal way back in 2008, and now Spain can’t stop winning. Everything. After Iniesta & Co. took home their third senior trophy on the trot, the u19 squad casually won the European title with a 1-0 victory over the poor Greeks, who had to know the ending before the chapter had even begun. Because nobody but Spain is going to win anything again. Ever.
Because what is the internet without well-done mashes of major tournament highlights set to poppy sountracks with slo-mo focus and a light layer of editing?
There is just no end to the toxic storm which encircles the French national team. After seemingly breaking from the dysfunction which defined their World Cup 2010 campaign, Euro 2012 was to be their fresh new start under the fresh new Laurent Blanc regime. Yeah, didn’t happen. More in-fighting, more public drama, more of the same on the pitch as well. 2006 was a long time ago, wasn’t it?
So, of course, the standard post-tournament move by the FFF: bonuses frozen. Plus a few who will need to ’splain themselves before the authorities.
Bonuses owed to the France team for having made the quarter-finals of the recently-concluded European Championships have been frozen, the French football federation announced on Tuesday. Each member of the French team, which lost 2-0 in the quarters to eventual winners Spain, was eligible for a bonus of 100,000 euros.
But in light of the in-fighting and ill-discipline that dogged the country’s Euro campaign, federation president Noel Le Graet said: “The whole of the bonuses of the France team at Euro 2012 are frozen.
“It’s blocked money, which may be redistributed or maybe not.”
“Four players will go before the disciplinary committee: (Hatem) Ben Arfa, (Yann) Mvila, (Samir) Nasri and (Jeremy) Menez,” Le Graet said after a meeting of the executive committee, a body he said was unable to impose sanctions.
Bet M’Vila wishes he’d rolled his ankle just a little bit harder.
Want to be like Andres Iniesta? Take a ball everywhere you go – including knocking one around deplaning after a major tournament victory. (Someone’s mumbling some nonsense about genetics in the back.)
After the jump, something a bit more difficult to recreate: 7 minutes of YouTube highlights of the performance against Italy which sealed his Player of the Tournament award.
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