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PIX: Spaniards take to the streets to celebrate Euro win

PIX: Spaniards take to the streets to celebrate Euro win

Rediff.com15 Jul 2024

Loud cheering could be heard in almost every corner of the country after Spain won its fourth European Championship crown.

Spain welcomes football heroes home

Spain welcomes football heroes home

Rediff.com1 Jul 2008

Tens of thousands of ecstatic Spaniards lined Madrid's streets and packed into a central square on Monday to raucously cheer home their football heroes, after Spain's Euro 2008 final victory in Vienna. Finally free of pressure after beating Germany 1-0 on Sunday, delighted players celebrated on a stage in front of thousands in Madrid's Colon Square and tossed 69-year-old coach Luis Aragones into the air.