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. If Italy beat Spain tonight, then all teams who went through are the groups’ runner ups. Surely many people lost a bet lately.

I really wish that Spain would get through and win the tournament, but they have to go and beat Italy first. It has been 35 minutes since the match started and there are no goals yet. Even the goalkeepers are mostly out of the action with most of the play centered on the midfield.

As for the Semifinals’ schedules, Germany will face Turkey on Wednesday and Russia will face either Spain or Italy on Thursday. The Final will be held next Sunday. Well, I better go back and watch the match now, it looks livelier every passing minutes. See you later!

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