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5. russia 2008 as equivalent to germany 2010 - russia tore apart the dutch favourites in 2008. the hype and expectation carried them into their semi-final against spain. read the intro here, spain were thought of being disappointing and grinding out results, even relying on penalties to beat...

ok now they are through i will say the reason i believe spain will beat germany 1. spain 1-0 germany, euro 2008. how far have germany REALLY come since then? have spain gone backwards? 2. spain have looked poor against teams who sit back and try and counter, which has basically been every team...

cant see it myself

haha what drama... this ref loves the whistle

phew!!

it was offside though (not him), unlucky or not. interesting swap btw jonathon pearce is really really grating. i don't want to hear his ruminations on the south african economy. if you've got nothing value to add then value silence. shit penalty :S

villa looks like he's being marked by 3 players in fairness. looks like paraguay have made the wise decision not to bother marking torres too tightly as well, because he has been shocking so far this tournament still would be surprised if spain don't come through this. i'm not sure what...

i know people are unconvinced. i know people are writing them off. i know they lost against switzerland. i know they may look unconvincing tonight. but i still believe spain will win the world cup.

sneijder runs schweinsteiger close, but no shame in that; he's been beyond excellent. if only gyan had scored last night

well well well. all this talk of south american dominance looking fairly silly now.

oh yeah i completely disagree with penalty goals and in hindsight ghana had their chance and blew it. it's hard to watch cynical cheating and not be angry with it though. i feel the same way about intentional fouls with no attempt to win the ball, but simply to disrupt an attack so a team can...

sorry, i'm buying into the spain myth. and spain vs argentina strikes me as a classic world cup semi.

hahaha go luka!!! dutch have been unbeaten for so long now, it's hard to see where they could be stopped, but holland vs spain could be ace... holland vs argentina could be classic revenge.

of course i'm talking entertainment value, and also in hyperbole after a great game. but there are some absolute classics on the cards here...

well, the world cup has got a whole ice cream scoop more awesome this evening. a classic tomorrow will make this the best world cup ever. plus the prospect of argentina - spain??? oh i cannot wait.

bit angry about that cheating to be honest

wow the world cup is awesome

:)

scratcha does phone ins. they are mostly a joke though and he doesn't really know what he is asking and they usually run very close to the bone.

well it wasn't a wasted day obviously but if i die and i know the only day i spent alive in amsterdam i spent reading in a park which i basically could have done in leicester, then perhaps it was wasted. if i genuinely thought it was a waste then i wouldn't have been reading.