Xabi Alonso has promised the 'best is yet to come' after helping Spain reach the final of a major tournament for the first time since 1984.
Luis Aragones' side swept past Russia 3-0 in Vienna on Thursday night thanks to a blistering second-half display which resulted in goals from Xavi, Daniel Guiza and David Silva.
Next up is a meeting with Germany as Spain chases its first title since it won the European crown in 1964.
Expectation back home has gone through the roof with fans desperate for Spain to banish their reputation as world football's great underachievers.
And Liverpool midfielder Alonso is confident they can give them what they crave.
He told PA Sport: "The best is yet to come and we need to finish off what we have done so far.
"We are hungry for success, we want to lift the cup on Sunday."
Spain went into the tournament as one of the favourites but sceptics pointed to its mental fragility as one reason why it would not succeed.
Time and time again it has failed on the big stage.
It happened two years ago in Germany when it lost to France in the quarter-finals while in Portugal at Euro 2004 it failed to get out of its group.
Before that there was the quarter-final exit to South Korea at the 2002 World Cup, a game that Spain would have won had a perfectly good goal in extra-time by Fernando Morientes had been allowed to stand instead of being ruled out for offside.
Spain has a tradition of early exits but against Russia, the team which knocked out the Netherlands so impressively in the last eight, there was renewed purpose.
"We played a complete game," admitted Alonso.
"We showed the necessary maturity to control possession and to go forward and create goalscoring opportunities that allowed us to kill the game off.
"Now the fans can celebrate but we have to contain our happiness because we have yet to win the biggest game of all."
Spain now faces a big hurdle against Joachim Low's side.
"We have to respect Germany," said Fabregas, who could earn a starting role in the final at Vienna's Ernst-Happel Stadium in place of Villa, who is unlikely to recover in time.
"They are a very strong and very competitive team.
"They are one of those teams that fight until the end and it's going to be difficult to beat them.
"But we are united, all rowing in the same direction and now we want to give our fans the biggest joy of all which is to take home the trophy."