These last few days is full of surprises, especially regarding the Euro 2008 Quarter Final results. As it happened, Spain and Italy are fighting for the last ticket into the semifinal right now, and I am watching it as I write this.

The first ticket went to Germany after they beat Portugal 3 - 2 last Thursday. The second ticket went to Turkey after they beat Croatia 3 - 1 on penalties and the third ticket went to Russia after they beat Netherlands 3 - 1 after extra time.

Surely these results are surprising because as my neighbor said, the ones who get through are the runner ups for each group. Read the rest of this entry »