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"Perhaps people will learn to love Spain when the show finally ends," - Del Bosque .  I saw in their eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day had come when the strength of Spain failed, when they sacrificed Xavi Hernandez and broke the most important bonds of fellowship on the field. An hour of Dutch and another of shattered defences, when the era of Spanish football came crashing down. This day they fought, by all that they held dear on this good earth - but Spain are done with their philosophical game. The day had come. People questioned whether Vincente Del Bosque would offer up the "high priests" of intelligent football, the master minds of both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, Xavi Hernandez and Xabi Alonso.  The answer was yes, if that's what it took. Grace sat on the bench, making room for desperation on the field.  The desperation that other teams once clung to when they thought of the great Spanish Nation.  ...