I cried when the blew the whistle and called it FT for Spain against Netherlands yesterday. This is the first time Spain has ever won the World Cup, and it's the first time a European country has ever won outside of Europe. Spain is now the only team apart from Brazil to win a Cup off their home continent, and they are added to the short list of countries that have won while not playing host (also included are Germany, Italy, France and Brazil).
It was an extremely emotional and exciting tournament, and I always hope but didn't necessarily always believe that Spain would make it to the finals. Winning is all the more endearing.
Now that WC is over, and I have another four years before I can obsess over offsides and yellow cards, I guess I need to get back into following La Liga. Especially since there's another month before football pre-season starts, and Real Madrid is coming to Candlestick August 4th!
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