Fernando Torres described Spain's 1-0 victory over Germany in the Euro 2008 final as a dream come true after scoring the winner.
The 24-year-old striker set Spain on the way to their first major title in 44 years with a well-taken goal in the first half after a mix-up in the Germany defence.
Summing up the achievement, Torres said: 'This is the most important title after the World Cup. I am going to enjoy this...this victory is good for football.
'It is a dream come true. It is our first title and we hope it is the first of many. We have to be ambitious as we still have the World Cup to come.
'At last justice has been done and the team that played the best football won the tournament.
'This has been a great victory for the whole team and all of Spain.'
Torres broke the deadlock when he raced past Germany left back Philipp Lahm to meet a fine through-ball from Xavi and then dinked the ball over keeper Jens Lehmann 12 minutes before halftime.
'It was a great pass from Xavi and the defender was over-confident and shouldn't have left it for Lehmann, and things worked out perfectly,' Torres said.
Though this was his first winner in a major tournament final for the senior team, Torres is no stranger to scoring them for Spain in finals at youth level.
He struck a penalty to give Spain a 1-0 win over France in the final of the European Under-16 championship final in 2001 and 12 months later he scored the only goal in the 1-0 victory over Germany in the European Under-19 championship final.
