I haven't found a way to watch Italy-Croatia yet, I was busy with motherly duties (still a spectator's sport, but it was my daughter's training).
Germany-Netherlands was impressive. In both games, I bet Mario Gomez ended up playing checkers with the other team's goalie because they spet so much time together alone (Gomez never goes more than twenty meters from the goal, I swear). Still, it's a strategy that won, twice. To think that before the fact the two most vilified players were Gomez and Schweinsteiger was fun. And Özil is a genius, although his eyes are Very Weird.
I wasn't impressed by Spain at all. The Irish defense must have made Trapattoni want to go seppuku by their inconsistency, and the Spaniards managed to score once for every six easy occasions. The defense was definitely okay, the mid field perfect, but attackers... seriously? These are the world and european champions? I know it seems a silly thing to say for a 4-0 victory, but I watched the match and that's the impression I had. Maybe it was due to the weather conditions.
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Germany-Netherlands was impressive. In both games, I bet Mario Gomez ended up playing checkers with the other team's goalie because they spet so much time together alone (Gomez never goes more than twenty meters from the goal, I swear). Still, it's a strategy that won, twice. To think that before the fact the two most vilified players were Gomez and Schweinsteiger was fun. And Özil is a genius, although his eyes are Very Weird.
I wasn't impressed by Spain at all. The Irish defense must have made Trapattoni want to go seppuku by their inconsistency, and the Spaniards managed to score once for every six easy occasions. The defense was definitely okay, the mid field perfect, but attackers... seriously? These are the world and european champions?
I know it seems a silly thing to say for a 4-0 victory, but I watched the match and that's the impression I had. Maybe it was due to the weather conditions.