Spain successfully defended their European Championship crown on Sunday as they saw off Italy 4-0 to pick up a record-breaking third consecutive international title.

David Silva rounded off a brilliantly incisive move to edge them in front and the buccaneering Jordi Alba added a second before half-time.

Fernando Torres, four years on from netting the winner against Germany at Euro 2008, stepped off the bench to grab Spain's third, before putting their fourth on a plate for Chelsea team-mate and fellow substitute Juan Mata.

It took just 14 minutes for a Spain side that had been accused of being boring heading into the game to break the deadlock.

Andres Iniesta fed a brilliant pass into Cesc Fabregas and, after wriggling away from Giorgio Chiellini, he cut the ball back onto the head of Silva to nod into an unguarded net.

Spain were back to their free-flowing best and doubled their lead four minutes before the interval when Xavi was allowed to drift forward and feed the ball into the path of Alba, who made no mistake as he calmly slotted past Gianluigi Buffon.

Italy were always going to struggle to keep the score down once Thiago Motta was stretchered off and left them with 10 men, and Torres got his hands on the golden boot on 84 minutes when he rolled into the bottom corner.

He then turned provider four minutes later as he squared for Mata to plant the ball into an empty net and put the seal on a productive night's work.

Man of the match: Andres Iniesta. Spain's match-winner in the 2010 World Cup final was the architect of their success at Euro 2012. His vision posed Italy problems all night, while his boundless energy kept the Azzurri back-peddling. Seems to have the ball on a string at times, with it almost impossible to steal it off his toe. Only right that he has another winners' medal to his name.

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北京时间7月2日2时45分，第14届欧洲杯决赛在基辅奥林匹克球场打响，西班牙4比0完胜意大利，追平德国3次夺冠的纪录，也成为首支蝉联欧洲杯的球队和首支连夺3届大赛的球队。

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第84分钟，哈维前场断球直传，托雷斯在门前13米处推射入右下角，3比0。第88分钟，哈维中路直传，托雷斯反越位突入禁区左侧，面对出击的布冯外脚背回拨，马塔中路距门10米处左脚推射入网，4比0，西班牙以欧洲杯决赛最悬殊比分夺冠。

本场：安德雷斯·伊涅斯塔，作为2010年西班牙夺得世界杯的关键先生，他在2012年欧洲杯中再次成为西班牙胜利的基石。他广阔的传球视野整晚都给意大利队造成麻烦，他充沛的体能使得蓝衣军团一直在对他围追堵截。有时候球和他的脚之间似乎连着一条线，想从他脚下断球几乎成了不可能的事。他配得上再拿一次欧洲杯！