Group winners pay the price for rotation at Euro 2008
Three drama-filled quarter-finals and three group winners are gone. Spain should be worried.
Three of the four sides that qualified for the knockout stages after two games are out of the championship. Spain, the fourth, face world champions Italy on Sunday hoping to avoid completing the quartet.
Netherlands, Portugal, Croatia and Spain looked impressive in the group stages and chose [...]
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