Spain welcomes heroes home

Spain’s players have celebrated winning Euro 2012 with an open-topped bus parade through the centre of Madrid.

Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday to become the first national side in history to win three consecutive major championships.

The fans turned out in their thousands to welcome the victorious players back to the Spanish capital.

And the players responded by waving flags and lifting the trophy on top of the bus.

They won’t have long to rest though, they start the defence of their World Cup title when they face Georgia in September.