From typicallyspanish.com
Spain Papers Review - Monday June 30 2008
By h.b.
Jun 30, 2008 - 9:24 AM
El Mundo has a large photo of Fernando Torres, the man of the match and scorer of the goal, jumping over the German keeper Jens Lehnam, just ahead of scoring what the paper calls his ‘historic goal’. Spanish glory is the paper’s headline. The paper notes that all the country turned out into local streets and square to celebrate the victory. It says that hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Vitoria, Ermua and Sevilla.
El País has a photo of the team with the cup, and the headline ‘Spain conquers Europe’. The paper says that Torres scored the goal which gave the 1-0 victory over Germany in Vienna. It says the team obtained their second victory with the departure of trainer Luis Aragonés.
ABC has a photo over front and back page of the team with the cup and the headline ‘Finally’. The paper says that Spain has done away with its black footballing legend and wins the European cup 44 years later. The paper notes that Luis Aragonés has moved from villain to hero, and not even the wrong decisions of the referee could stop the Spanish side from dominating the Germans.
Making the moment special in time, ABC asks – ‘Where were you when we won the European Cup?’
Público has a large photo over front and back cover, of Casillas lifting the European Cup high – ‘Por fin’ – finally is the headline.
La Vanguardia headlines ‘The loves of Europe’, while the other Catalan paper, El Periódico headlines ‘The greats of Europe’.
And finally with the footie,
El Mundo has a quote from Luis Aragonés. The departing Spanish manager says ‘Football is winning, and winning, and winning and winning and then winning again’.
In other stories,
El Mundo notes that 72,000 people have now signed up for their manifesto to protect the Castellano language. The paper notes that Zapatero has said that there is no need to change any laws which affect the linguistic regime.
El País reports that the PSOE Socialists and the PP are putting the final touches to a pact to try and solve the crisis in the judiciary in Spain.
El Mundo notes that the Supreme Court has found some technical errors in the March 11th 2004 Madrid train bombing sentence.
And finally,
El Pais publishes new figures which come with the first regional maps for CO2 emissions in Spain. The data shows CO2 emissions have soared in Madrid and along the coastal areas of high tourist development.