The defending champions crashed out of the competition last night and the one of Spain’s biggest papers marked the occasion in a special way…
There was a real end-of-an-era feel about Spain’s elimination from the World Cup last night. The two-nil defeat to an impressive looking Chile side on top of the drubbing at the hands of Holland last week means Vicente del Bosque’s side are going home early.
Marca, the Spanish daily sports newspaper, naturally dedicated today’s front page to the team and it’s quite a poignant piece of work. One of the main talisman of this generation of players, Andres Iniesta, walking away with his hand on his head above the caption – “Lamentable end to the most glorious time for Spain”…
