Luis Aragones and Cesc Fabregas say Spain have been spurred on by a desire to prove critics wrong at Euro 2008.

The Spaniards beat Russia 3-0 on Thursday to reach their first major final in 24 years -   more...against Germany.

Coach Aragones said: "The criticism has taught me a lot, except when I was insulted. It has stimulated me and encouraged me to do things better."

Midfielder Fabregas added: "There are always doubts. Nobody was expecting us to be where we are now."

Aragones, 69, has been a controversial figure as Spain coach but now stands one game away from emulating José Villalonga, who led Spain to their sole tournament success by winning the 1964 European Championship.  less

David Villa scored the first hat-trick of Euro 2008 as Spain lived up to their pre-tournament billing with a fine victory over Russia in Group D.

Russia started positively but were hit on the counter-attack,   more...with Fernando Torres squaring for Villa to roll home.

Konstantin Zyryanov saw a shot hit the post but then Villa prodded past Igor Akinfeyev to double the lead and after 74 minutes he drilled in a third.

Roman Pavlyuchenko nodded a consolation before Cesc Fabregas headed a fourth.

Spain wasted a number of openings to win by an even bigger margin and the standard of their performance would suggest a place in the quarter-finals is well within reach.

In Villa and Torres they appear to possess a forward partnership to match any at the tournament and the array of creative midfielders at Luis Aragones's disposal should ensure a regular supply line.

Russia's Guus Hiddink has advanced to the knockout rounds at every major international competition he has coached at but the Dutchman has a task on his hands just to patch up a porous defence, let alone progress to the last eight  less

Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008 after a dour goalless draw in Vienna.

Marcos Senna came closest in normal time when Italy keeper Gianluigi Buffon fumbled his shot   more...on to a post.

Spain keeper Iker Casillas was the hero in the shoot-out, saving from Daniele de Rossi and Antonio di Natale.

Daniel Guiza saw his spot-kick saved by Buffon, but Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas slid home the crucial penalty to set up a last four clash with Russia.  less

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Russia 0-3 Spain euro 2008 , Semifinals , 26.06.2008
Russia 0-3 Spain euro 2008 26.06.2008 , full highlights   more...!! destaca fútbol objetivos coincidir Xavi Hernandez goal David Silva goal Spain 3-0 Russia
Semifinals Ernst Happel Stadion
22:20 June 26
76' Russia 0 - 3 Spain
half-time (0 - 0) referee :
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
match details :
50' [0 - 1] X. Hernandez
57' Y. Zhirkov 60' D. Bilyaletdinov 73' [0 - 2] D. Guiza
0-3 Silva goal
statistics :
shots on target : 1 - 9
shots off target : 4 - 7
possession (%) : 49 - 51
corner kicks : 3 - 3
offsides : 1 - 3
fouls : 16 - 12
yellow cards : 2 - 0
red cards : 0 - 0
[ Teams | Commentary | Fixtures | X ]
line-ups :
[ 4-1-3-2 ] [ 4-4-2 ]
Igor Akinfeev Iker Casillas
Alexander Aniukov Sergio Ramos
Vasili Berezutski Carlos Marchena
Sergei Ignashevich Carlos Puyol
Yuri Zhirkov Joan Capdevila
Sergei Semak Andrés Iniesta
Konstantin Zyrianov Marcos Senna
56' Igor Semshov 69' Xavi Hernandez
57' Ivan Saenko David Jiménez Silva
Roman Pavlyuchenko 35' David Villa
Andrey Arshavin 69' Fernando Torres
substitutions :
56' Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 35' Cesc Fabregas
57' Dmitri Sychev 69' Daniel Guiza 69' Xabi Alonso
coach :
Guus Hiddink Luis Aragones

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