Spanish Villa eyes Euro 2008 glory - with Golden Boot a bonus

Villa won his second successive man-of-the-match award on Saturday after following up his hat-trick in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Russia with an injury-time winner against Sweden in the battle of the two Group D leaders.  

Four real: Villa celebrates his winning goal against Sweden

The Valencia striker is now favourite to finish as the competition's top scorer - only Ole Madsen in 1964 and Michel Platini in 1984 have scored more than five goals in a finals tournament - but the 26-year-old insists that is secondary to team success with Spain. 

"Let's hope I can carry on scoring so the team keep on adding points, and we carry on doing the same things," said Villa.  

"The main thing is to be a group and my only intention is to help the team do well. The most important thing is the three points, more so than having two personal trophies," added the striker, who nevertheless admits it has been a memorable week for him.  

"I won't be able to forget this day, or any of these last few days. It was difficult to play two games like this, but the main thing is that the team had two great matches." 

Villa's determination to help Spain win their first European Championship title since 1964 is clear for all to see, but that is not the only thing dominating the striker's thoughts at the minute.  

Neither is it the speculation about where he will be playing his club football next term, but instead it is actually the final weekend of the Spanish Segunda Division season where Villa's local club, Sporting Gijon, are looking to win promotion.  

Sporting, who gave Villa his big break, are currently in the third and final promotion spot ahead of their home match with Eibar on Sunday evening, level on 69 points with second-placed Malaga and two ahead of Real Sociedad in fourth. 

"I will suffer more tomorrow (Sunday) than today," said the Asturian-born Villa with regards to Sporting's promotion bid.  

"I hope I won't have to suffer too much though and that it will be a great day for all the people from Asturias and all those from Sporting, because it is something we would really like to have."  

Spain's win helped them secure a quarter-final berth as Group D winners, but the result means Sweden now face a crucial winner-takes-all showdown with Russia on Wednesday, with both countries on three points.