Spain’s First World Cup Unleashes All-Night Partying
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Spaniards danced under a statue of 15th Century explorer Christopher Columbus and sang “Viva Espana!” in downtown Madrid last night in celebration of a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in the World Cup final.
Dressed in the red and yellow of the Spanish flag, thousands of people hugged, shrieked and set off fireworks on the city’s central avenue Paseo de la Castellana. Spain’s victory in Johannesburg ended 76 years of waiting for the country’s first world soccer championship.