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So, 42 years after we were last represented by the winner of a major international tournament, the Euro 2008-winning Spain squad contained four Liverpool players (jointly “donating” the most players to the squad, along with Valencia), all of whom saw match action during the tournament. We’ll finish the “Eurowatch” roundup of our various players’ (and ex-players’) fortunes early in the coming week, but for now, I just wanted to say congratulations to Jose Reina, Alvaro Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso (even if he does bugger off to Juve shortly) and final-winning goalscorer Fernando Torres! Let’s just hope it’s some kind of omen for the season ahead…

(Seb Patrick)

Eurowatch – Week One

As Euro 2008 marches on, we thought we’d take a look at how the various LFC players in the competition are doing. Not that we have as much interest in the tournament as, say, Chelski or Arsenal – and most of our players are on the subs’ benches rather than starting – but nevertheless, a couple of Reds have already managed to make an impact…