Euro 2012 Day Twelve

Well, thank god that is over!! I am incredibly pleased that England are through, but that had to be the worst game of the 3!! The game could have been over at half time if we were playing a decent attacking side!! Fair play to the Ukraine though, they pushed us all the way!

We'll ignore the first half, as we were poor, and the only highlight was a negative one, a sitter missed by the rusty Rooney! 2mins into the 2nd half, and England took the lead through a Rooney header from 6 inches! This is where I definitely become a member of the goalkeeper's union! Don't get me wrong, the Ukrainian keeper is not great, and the first deflection from Gerrard's cross made no difference, but the little knick from the boot of the defender definitely made a difference! Once you weight goes one way, it's incredibly difficult to adjust! Still, I don't care as England scored, and ultimately won!!

So, the Ukraine attacked and we just knew goal line technology would rear it's ugly head at this tournament, and for once we benefited from the decision to ignore the ball crossing the line, although have the 78th linesman stood 7 yards away missed it is anyone's guess!!

So, we have avoided the Spanish, and got the Italians!! Part of me would have preferred Spain, no matter how good they are, as at least you know what you are getting! The Italians are just unpredictable!! Oh, and I am not one of these idiots who saw a poor Spanish performance last night and think's they are there for the taking!! Sorry, 1 poor performance in 4 yrs doesn't make them easy pickings!!

In the other game, Sweden caused a little bit of a shock, beating France 2-0, the first goal being my goal of the tournament - an excellent volley from the highly overrated Ibrahimovic!

So, the Quarter Final line up is

Germany Vs Greece
Spain Vs France
Czech Rep Vs Portugal
England Vs Italy

So, it's a night off tomorrow before the Quarters start, the family are over at the weekend from America, and so my brother in law is going to have a match to experience!! Plus, a few beers to go with it!! Bob on!!