Puyol overcomes Spain's division

After its victory in the semi-final against Germany Spain has made it to the World Cup final for the first time ever. In honour of Catalan player Carles Puyol's winning goal the sports paper AS uses a half-Spanish, half-Catalan headline: "Visca España", long live Spain. In this way the Madrid-based paper pays tribute to Puyol in his mother tongue: "Puyol, long live the mother who gave birth to you! ... The captain of FC Barcelona plans to leave the national team. But the time has not yet come. He must help us after victory has been claimed in South Africa. He must go on right up to the Euro 2012, because his personality drives the others. Because the new arrivals like Javi Martínez and others still to come must be infected with his dedication, his passion for the colours of the national team."

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