mindless ramblings

Despite going all the way to a penalty shootout, it was still a good final. We made our way down to Commercial Drive to soak up the atmosphere and the whole street was PACKED! After passing lineup after lineup of people waiting to get a seat at the many pubs and restaurants, we finally found [...]

This matchup wasn’t as exciting or dramatic as the first one, but it was still pretty ok. Portugal looked exactly like how they played against England, toothless in attack (blame the lone striker formation) and a lot of “simulation”. It was no surprise then that France went through, thanks to a foul on Thierry Henry, [...]

Oh a fantastic first Semi Final! Germany and Italy fought it out for 119 minutes before Fabio Grosso, the man who “fell down” to earn the decisive penalty against Australia in the Round of 16, curled the ball past an excellent Jens Lehmann. Before the goal, the Italians had looked pretty satisfied to sit back [...]