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Viola, I love Spain, and I noticed that too. Spain was wimping out but Netherlands did keep sticking their feet in where they shouldn't've.

I feel like the Netherlands coach shouldn't have been that rude, to take off the second-place medal in public with a nasty look on his face, though.

It was less feet in the wrong spots and more hands grabbing where they shouldn't. When I foul, its usually cuz my butt happens to be in someone's way and they fall over me. I saw plenty of shirt grabbing. That's not cool. THe Spanish were milking it or all they were worth, though. I think it was Iniesta? but I heard someone yell in "pain" before they were even on the ground. I laughed, cuz really? No one (except Alonso and perhaps Torres at the end) was ever really injured enough to warrant all the flailing in pain both teams were doing.
I hate diving. >.<

I've noticed.
Yeahh, I think Torres pulled something at the end there.

torres pulled up but was jumping around at the end of the game. I suspect we (liverpool) will have another season with him out of sorts with injury.

I wasn't fussed who won originally, but in the end i wanted to see the dutch win it. The dutch should've been given more decisions in their favour. I like webb as a ref, but tonights game certainly wasn't his best

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I think Torres may have just had a cramp. He had only come on a few minutes before, and he had looked a couple of times like he wasn't fully loosened up (to tell the truth, I really don't know why he was sent in).

The ref didn't have an outstanding game, but I don't think the Dutch can really complain about him given that they could very easily have been a man down before the 30 minute mark.

Hey I see that you all have already started the final discussion with out me...wait up!!!

Okay...needlesly to point out but I am Dutch...so I was a bit bumped about loosing the final...(the whole country is..)
but I can assure you that loosing from Spain isn't as hurtful as the posibility of loosing from Germany...
that would have been my worst soccer nightmare...

Yes I have to admit we played a bit dirty...it isn't normally our game, but we have learned from the best (Brazil, Uruguay, Germany...Spain 2 years ago) every team plays dirty when they have to...
I'm sure Spian had a few misbehaviors as well...

that being said, all the yellow cards given were rightious... (I know that's not good english but I can't find the right spelling now)...What I did think of the ref was that he could have given Spain a few more cards as well, they made quite a few fauls that would have been ready for yellow...but than again I think the dutch should have had 3 red cards...
also I thought the Ref blew a lot of things to the ground and kep it to tight...

In the end I can admit that the best team indeed won...we sucked...
in two years time we will try again for the Europa cup...maybe we will get lucky than...

I thought I'd make up my personal all-star team for the Cup.

Goalkeeper-Iker Casillas, Spain.

I wasn't exactly blown away by the keepers this year, but Casillas was generally solid.

Center Backs: Carlos Puyol, Spain; Diego Lugano, Uruguay.

Per Mertesacker of Germany was also very good; there's really nothing to choose between those three.

Right Back: Maicon, Brazil

He was the only Brazilian player to make a positive impression on me. Sergio Ramos of Spain was also good at this spot.

Left Back: Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Netherlands

Philipp Lahm of Germany also played well at this spot.

Midfielders: Wesley Sneijder, Netherlands; Andres Iniesta, Spain; Thomas Mueller and Bastian Schweinsteiger, Germany.

Xavi of Spain is getting hyped a lot, and he's a fine player, but I was personally more impressed with Iniesta. Kevin Prince Boateng of Ghana and Arjen Robben of the Netherlands would also be possibilities.

Strikers: David Villa, Spain; Diego Forlan, Uruguay

This is a pretty clear-cut choice. Miroslav Klose of Germany also played very well.