 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Makwikwi e2004 akaona, maererano neUEFA, imwe yezvinotyisa zvikuru munhoroondo yemakwikwi sezvo Greece yakakunda vanogamuchira Portugal 10 mufainari. Pasinei zvapo nokusava nechiitiko chokukunda mutambo mumutambo mukuru, chibodzwa chehafu yechipiri chomurwi Angelos Charisteas chakaparira chimwe chezvinhu zvinovhiringidza zvikurusa munhau yenhabvu. Germany yakakwanisa kuenda kumagumo avo echitanhatu muna 2008, uye yakatarisana neSpain mumutambo wakabatanidzwa neAustria neSwitzerland. Chibodzwa chakaitwa naFernando Torres muhafu yokutanga ndicho chakava chinangwa choga mumutambo wacho, uye chakabatsira Spain kukunda mukombe wavo wokutanga weEurope mumakore 44. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira a2012 makwikwi eEuropean neWorld Champions Spain yakatarisana neItaly muKyiv. Zvibodzwa zviviri muhafu yokutanga, chimwe kubva kuna David Silva uye chimwe kubva kuna Jordi Alba zvakaita kuti makwikwi ari kutonga ave mberi ne2-0 muhafu yenguva. Maminitsi gumi nemashanu muhafu yechipiri, uye maminetsi mana mushure mekunge auya semutsivi, Thiago Motta akaiswa pachitanda sezvo Italy yakaderedzwa kusvika kuvarume gumi kwehafu yechipiri. Fernando Torres akarova wechitatu, achiva mutambi wekutanga kurova mumakwikwi maviri ekupedzisira eEuropean Championship, ndokuzopa rubatsiro kuna Juan Mata uyo akarova neminiti imwe yekupedzisa, magumo ekupedzisira 40. Kukunda kwechitatu kweSpain mumutambo wokupedzisira kwakaenzana neGermany sechikwata chakabudirira zvikuru munhoroondo yemutambo, uye vakava boka rokutanga kudzivirira zita reEuropean Football Championship. Portugal yakava chikwata chechigumi chakasiyana kukunda European Championships muna 2016, pavakakunda France 10 mufainaripaStade de France muSaint-Denis; mutambo wakaenda usina zvibodzwa mushure memaminitsi makumi mapfumbamwe, Eder asati arova chibodzwa chekukunda maminetsi mana muchikamu chechipiri. 