UEFA Euro 2016: Top 5 contenders to win the tournament

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Spain won the UEFA Euro 2012 after defeating Italy in the final

3) Spain

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Spain will look to win the Euros for the third time in a row

Spain are the winners of the last two European Championships. In fact, their golden era began only after they lifted the 2008 Euro trophy. Since then, Spain have gone on to lift a World Cup and a Euro in succession.

The La Rojas had been riding sky-high before being given a reality check when they got eliminated in the group stages of the 2014 World Cup. Thus, they should be looking to get back to winning ways with new players coming in to replace veterans like Carles Puyol, Xavi and David Villa to name a few.

Spain have an incredible squad and an even incredible coach in the form of Vicente del Bosque, who has masterminded most of the Spanish success in the last few years. They enter the Euros as favourites and it is hard to say if they too won’t feel the same about their chances of winning the Euros for the third time in succession.

This might be Del Bosque’s last involvement with Spain, so it is common knowledge to believe that he would like to go out with a bang.

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