Euro 2008

France down a man after a rather senseless challenge from Abidal inside the box. Now they're down a goal after Pirlo converts the penalty.

Looks like they're headed out once again.

 

Forza Italia!

Luca Toni is playing awsome but he just can't finish!

 

Besides having one of the coolest names in football, Huntelaar just made things much more interesting for Italy and France.

Especially for Italy as of the time of this post.

 

Italia 2-0!!! DeRossi with a hell of a lucky deflection.

 

Yup, that's surely curtains for Les Bleus.

Italy vs Spain in the quarterfinals, should be an intriguing match-up.

 

Well..........that was good dramer, in that they at least waited until the end of the second half to make it official.

Please let Sweden prevail tomorrow. If for nothing else, then to watch a clashing sea of bright oranje and bright yellow in the stands during a Dutch v. Svenska quarterfinal.

Oh yeah, and to see the King of Kings get some more playing time (I will not be dissuaded jmh!!), along with Ljunberg and Ibrahimovic of course.

 

Q-finals (so far):

Portugal v. Germany (Delish!)
Croatia v. Turkey (pee-yuw!)
Spain v. Italia (Yes, please.)
Holland v. ___________ (Oranje Crush the Competition, so far)

 

I really thought Romania was gonna do the business today. But Mutu and Chivu played like shit and WHY wasn't Marica playing the whole tournament? Pisurca is a piece of shit. I'm Italian and French and now I have to hear how good Italy are. Fuck Italia. Fuck my ancestory.

 

Pray tell who is going to stop Spain, besides Spain themselves? Villa and Torres up top are terrifying. The Dutch and/or Portugese have the ability to outscore them, and Germany may have the goods to slow them down, but Spain is looking good....yep, looking good enough to lose on an own goal or something.

I don't see anybody beating Spain, especially negative Italian football that isn't going to do the job this time around.

 

Well, there is that little squad from Engerland........

 

I can't see Italy beating Spain without Pirlo or Gattuso. Toni won't get as much service without Pirlo in there, and Puyol and Marchena should handle him better than Gallas and the out-of-position Abidal.

Of course, as it was put above, Spain always beats Spain.

 

Mutu looked like he hadn't recovered from missing the penalty vs. Italy. He was trying too hard to force scoring opportunities, and whenever they didn't work, he had this very pained expression on his face. Romania seemed to put themselves in desperation mode from the beginning of the game. I even wore my Romania shirt and had my Romania scarf, and that wasn't enough to put them over...

 

Totally agree Dave. Romania started so desperate that they were exhausted by the second half. To say they were "tight" is a massive understatement. Looked like the whole team had a bad enough case of the nerves that they ALL threw-up pre-match.

 

Hell if Italy isn't like the Head Vampire. You can throw holy water and give him 3rd degree burns. You can take a cross and scinge a nice tatto on his face. However, if you don't pound that wooden stake or throw him into direct sunlight the bastard just keeps coming. Spain has a squad of full of Van Helsings, but when the chips are down can they finish the deal?? Not only are they taking on a team w/belief, but when you know your own team's choking history and are asked about it repeatily it becomes an albatross. I'm taking Spain for now, but I'm regretting it already.

 

You are sooooooo Hollywood Goth, SoCalJoe.