UEFA Euro 2016: 7 all-time Euro facts

Modified Jun 10, 2016 04:56 GMT

Spain Euro 2012 — Spain will be hoping to win their third Euro on the trot

Spain the biggest final winners

Spain Italy Euro 2012 — Spain thrashed a ten-man Italy team 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012

And we conclude our slideshow with this. Spain’s thrashing of Italy in the final of 2012 Euro was the biggest margin by which a final was won. As Spain decimated Italy 4-0, they shattered the record which was previously held by West Germany.

Before that final, West Germany’s 3-0 win against the Soviet Union in 1972 was the biggest margin by which a team won the tournament. In a game that many expected to be a tight affair, Vicente del Bosque’s came in with all guns blazing and brushed aside a flabbergasted Italian side to lift their third Euro title.

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