Spain's Golden era ends in Pain

It was painful and heartbreaking to Spain as their National side, the fans and even the press witnessed in agony their demise and what we can safely say 'end of a golden era.' Spain, whose football dominance coupled with their style of play "Tiki-taka" saw their side triumphed at the Euro 2008, FIFA world Cup 2010 and another European Championship in 2012; becoming the first National team to do so. La Roja's Tiki-taka was again put to the test at this ongoing World cup in Brazil and results shown were very poor! First, They got a thrashing of their lives in the hands of the Flying Dutchmen who scored five past them. It was a really devastating blow and La Roja needed to act fast and redeem themselves in the second match against the ever-unpredictable Chile only to get thumped 2-0 and ultimately face elimination. It is all but over for Spain's golden generation and one of football's finest who were really prone to error and did not have a measure of
impact in this Tournament. Spanish newspapers and football fans on Thursday mourned the end of an era for their national team after the world and European champions crashed out of the World Cup in humiliation.
Photographs of midfielder Andres Iniesta with his head in his hands made the front pages of the press, sharing the space in some cases with coverage of the swearing in of Spain's new king,Felipe VI.
"The end... A terrible end to the most glorious
era", ran the headline in leading Madrid sports
daily Marca. "Goodbye to the golden years."
"It was beautiful while it lasted," ran the headline on another sporting daily, AS.
AS printed photographs recalling Spain's past
three triumphs: the 2008 and 2012 Euro
championships and the 2010 World Cup.
"Don't apologise," it said. "We owe you a lot."
Leading general newspaper El Pais led with the royal succession on its front page, with a smaller item below titled "Spain's debacle in the World Cup".
The paper called it "a nightmare that will last for all time, as will the successes".
"They have abdicated," headlined Barcelona
sports daily Mundo Deportivo in a bitter pun
above a photo of dejected Spain players with
their heads bowed.
"Del Bosque's successful team has fallen, making it clear that it now needs renewal," wrote columnist Santi Nolla in the paper.