I don't know if Arsene Wenger is suffering from sitting in the pundits’ chair. It does happen.
Working for Eurosport, Wenger said that Spain had ‘betrayed their philosophy and turned into something more negative’. Has he been watching the same team as the rest of us?
When you watch Spain play football of such beauty and control, you have to admire their mastery of the ball. I thought Wenger would understand that better than anyone with the way his Arsenal team try to play.
We can rave about Spain’s passing but it is the touch to set up a pass. You can press them, get after them, try to close them down and it seems the opponent almost gets there. Then the next opponent almost gets there and then, before you know it, they are into your back four.
It reminds me of what it was like to play against Paul Scholes, who, I am convinced, would not have looked out of place in this Spain team at the peak of his powers.
Every one of the Italian players looked like they needed oxygen at the end while the Spanish players looked as if they had not played a game.
Midfield maestro: Xavi controlled the midfield as Spain ran riot in KievTouch, pass, balance and a group of footballers who trust each other with the football. This is a team who deserve to be compared with the magical Brazil side of 1970.
When you watch England playing with two midfielders and then Spain with six last night, it is like wearing flares when everyone else is wearing drainpipes. England are well out of fashion.
And to think Spain did it without record scorer David Villa, who would have played if fit. So it is not the death of the centre forward.
Still to come: David Villa (centre) missed the tournament through injuryFor the European champions, it is now three successive tournament triumphs and not a goal conceded in knockout football since France’s Zinedine Zidane scored against them in 2006.
There is a reason why you cannot score against them — you cannot get the ball.
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