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Cesc Fabregas insisted that he had premonition that he would score the winning penalty for Spain again as they edged into the Euro 2012 final.

The Barcelona star, who came on early in the second half for Vicente Del Bosque's men and impressed, slotted home the winning penalty against Portugal on Wednesday to send his country into Sunday's final.

It was a repeat for Fabregas after he did the same at Euro 2008 when they beat Italy and he insists he knew what was coming.

"I had intuition and wanted the fifth penalty," he said after the match.

"I told Toni Grande [Spanish assistant] I thought I could repeat that great moment [from the Italian match].

"They told me initially to take the second one but I said no give me the fifth as I had this premonition."

Fabregas says he was not happy with how he played, but was delighted to go through.

"I played awful but the team has worked a lot and had the desire," he said.

"I regret telling my family not to come. I'm very excited."