Sunday, June 29, 2008
LIVE-BLOG: EURO '08 - FINAL - GERMANY V SPAIN
[Fernando Torres seen here trying to come up with ways to convince Aragones to put on a headband and dye his hair orange.]Germany and Spain tonight in the final.
In other words: Always Wins v Never Wins. Tonight, like any night, could be different, of course.
Germany
- Ballack is looking iffy but according to a few sources (Bild is using the word 'Jaaaa!' in their headline for the story. If a paper over our end writes 'yessssssssssss' in their headline I'd be wary) he's fit to start.
- Despite how simple their side of the draw looked going in, they've had troubles. They lost to Croatia in the group stage and barely slipped by Turkey in the semi.
- But, hey, they beat Portugal. Pretty football doesn't scare these folks.
- Lehmann's been acting funny. Again. He gave up a few weak goals against Turkey.
- Lahm's midget ass has his non-defender defender moments. Metzelder and Mertesacker are still slippery at the back.
- Bastian Schweinsteiger will continue to cause problems and should start if Ballack's not fit. Do we need to complain about his hair again. No? Okay. Those not-German Germans are still around as well: Klose and Podolski.
Spain:
- History is certainly not on their side. They've only won the tournament once -- 1964, at home -- and this the first time in 24 years they've landed in the final. On the flip side, they managed to beat Italy for the first time in 88 years so maybe history has been tossed out the window at this point. Along with the jinx of the yellow jersey.
- Villa's out but if the Spanish have one thing, they've got got depth. Cesc came on for Villa against Russia, revved up midfield and they scored, scored and scored some more.
- Will Aragones start Cesc and play a lone striker up front? Torres or Guiza? Or will the Spanish nutter stick with 4-4-2, leave Cesc off and stick them both in?
- Iker Casillas continues to be brilliant. Sergio was pretty amazing against Russia, managing to shut the right wing down completely. And mop-head Puyol continues to be ...well...Puyol.
- They've won every single match match so far. These boys are seriously cruising. It's almost too good to be true.
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Labels: euro 2008, germans are hilarious, live blog, spain
3 Comments:
Good work, Spain!
Yay! Go Spainy! I've been with them since the beginning of the tourney. Proud of ya, boys. Sorry I missed last weeks live-blogs. I've been so busy with school.
I loved the opening ceremony or at least the idea behind it. The coordinator of it is like such an artist. Especially how those balloon figures were competing on a wood patterned floor - like a stage - comparing football to dancing. It's like a performance art. I loved it. But I'm arty so if you don't have a thing for art, like my bro, you'd be like, "Say what?"
Iglesias's song is so cheesy! But I half-like it. It's better than Shaggy's song, especially seeing as Shaggy samples that other House song. Forgot what it's called. Good tournament overall and I can't wait for the Emirate's Cup. Then the EPL! Yeah!
I loved the opening ceremony or at least the idea behind it. The coordinator of it is like such an artist. Especially how those balloon figures were competing on a wood patterned floor - like a stage - comparing football to dancing. It's like a performance art. I loved it. But I'm arty so if you don't have a thing for art, like my bro, you'd be like, "Say what?"
Iglesias's song is so cheesy! But I half-like it. It's better than Shaggy's song, especially seeing as Shaggy samples that other House song. Forgot what it's called. Good tournament overall and I can't wait for the Emirate's Cup. Then the EPL! Yeah!
Congratulations, Spain! You deserved it. Commiserations Germany.