The German Panzer rolled over a hard to wake up Portugal. Germany abused beautiful Cristiano Ronaldo and friends with brute force and intelligence, retreating afterwards though and risking a Portuguese recovery that seemed to be just a matter of time... but wasn't. 3-2 for Ballack & Co.
Croats against Turks tonight. The wanna-be frontier of European Christiandom against the wanna-be Europeans of the Aegean Sea; Slavs versus my dear Bastards; strenght versus endurance and lots of imagination on both sides. And while Russia will try to puzzle Holland the Spanish vendetta against Italy -and against its own history of international misfortune- is ready. GL!