First of all, what a great performance from the Spanish. They were magnificent. What a team!
I thought Italy played well enough. They had 53% possession in the 1st half, and missed a couple of half decent chances.
But because they tried to attack Spain, it left holes at the back and when Spain were able to break, they wreaked havoc in the Italian defence.
Remember also, Italy were down to 10 men for the last 30mins.
Italy had a great tournament. They just happened to run into arguably the best football team of all time! Andrea Pirlo was my player of the tournament.
For Spain, this winning habbit isn't going to go away. They are champions at U21, U19, and U17 level, with players like Barca's Alcantara to step up.
I watched Barca's U19's beat Celtic's U19's in Glasgow last year, and they play the exact same as the senior team. Possession of the ball being paramount. Short, quick passes. Instant control. They were amazing to watch.
As for Spain being boring. What a load of garbage. If you play against teams who sit in and defend without venturing out of their own half, then the possession football Spain play will look as if it is boring because they can't find a way through, but it's very rarely the defending team gets slated as boring.