A few minutes after his extra time goal gave Spain a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands on Sunday in the final, took off his blue jersey Iniesta Spain reveal a white shirt with the inscription, "Dani Jarque: Siempre Nosotros against" - "Dani Jarque: Always with us."
Jarque collapsed and died at the age of 26 years of preseason tour of Italy last year, after one month was named captain of the Hispaniola.Iniesta and Jarque were teammates in Spain under-17, under-19 to 20 years and under 21 teams.
"I wanted to Dani with me," said Iniesta after taking the man of the match award. "We would like to pay tribute to him, and we thought that the best opportunity to do so."
Iniesta had received a yellow card for a gesture - a rule where players remove their jerseys - but it's a small price to pay after he blew a shot through the Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg and at the far post.
"I can not believe it," 26-year-old midfielder said in Barcelona. "I had the opportunity to score that goal, which was so important for my team. This is something absolutely incredible. I just made a small contribution to my team."
