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PAUL CARBRAY, The Gazette Published:Â 14 minutes ago Hangovers from the 2008 European Championship, perhaps the finest soccer tournament in the last 20 years: Goal tally: Amazingly enough, Spain's 1-0 win over Germany in the final brought the number of goals in the tournament to 77, exactly the same as the 2004 tournament when Greece won. But this was an infinitely better tournament, with most teams opting for attack (Greece being a notable exception) and a series of chances enlivening every game. Exit, gloating: Luis Aragones, who goes out a winner after Spain's victory in the Euros, said last week he left his post as Spain coach because the Spanish soccer federation didn't want him to continue. Aragones, widely derided before the tournament as a loudmouth clown (he was once captured on camera calling France striker Thierry... [read full story]
