Spain look to World Cup

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres's first-half goal sealed what was eventually a comfortable win for the Spaniards, their first trophy since winning the Euros in 1964.

But, despite the elation of the team and fans, Torres demanded that La Furia Roja maintain their focus ahead of the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

"It's a dream come true," he said afterwards. "It's [this team's] first title and we hope it will be the first of many.

"We've still got the World Cup to come, we have to be ambitious."

The former Atletico Madrid striker's sentiments were echoed by Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who started the match after David Villa was ruled out through injury.

"You can see how young we are," Fabregas said.

"Hopefully in two years' time we will fight for the World Cup."

Spain outplayed a Germany side who were functional but uninspiring, and the match reflected both sides' performances throughout the tournament.

"At last justice has been done because the team that played the best football won the tournament," Torres said.

"This has been a great victory for the whole team and all of Spain."

Torres grabbed what proved to be the winner when, on 33 minutes, he exploited hesitancy from Germany left-back Philipp Lahm to loft a superb Xavi through-ball over the advancing Jens Lehmann.

"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 of the goal.

And Fabregas - who was mostly used as a substitute by boss Luis Aragones - believes that the manner of Spain's overall success has signalled a move away from the negative tactics that have been successful in continental football over the past few seasons.

"It was a long time since we have seen a team of that quality trying to play beautiful football - I don't think we've seen many teams have success [playing that way]," he added.

"Finally, football has the success it deserves."