2010 World Cup final winners Spain return home for celebration

World Cup 2010: Spain’s World Cup final winning team has returned home on Monday to a countrywide celebration.

Hundreds of thousands of people turned the streets of Madrid into a sea of red, the color of the national team.

Before the grand parade in which they showed the trophy to the whole country, the players got a more formal congratulation from King Juan Carlos, then were congratulated by Prime Minister Zapatero.

Even if the day was not an official holiday, all of Spain acted like it was on Monday. This celebration of football united people in Spain for the first time in years, making them see past their differences.

Another interesting fact is that, during the celebration, Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas was dressed by Pique and Puyol in an FC Barcelona shirt. Then, goalkeeper Pepe Reina has called the midfielder the future of the Catalan club.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has expressed his desire to keep the player.