So, it's the day before the final, Italy Vs Spain. How did they get to the final? First up was Spain Portugal, and a match everyone was looking forward too! This game had everything from great passing to an utterly boring 2nd half!!
I missed the first half I was playing 5 a side, and it seems I missed the better half, as the 2nd half was tedious. Into extra time we went, and suddenly Spain upped a gear and the football was back on. Rui Patricio pulled off a great save from close range to keep Portugal in it and take the match to penalties!
Both teams missed their first pen, then both teams started to find the back of the net before we had the fun of the Nani and Bruno Alves penalty and whose turn was it?! I genuinely believe this was not a mistake, and that it was planned....just a little bit of gamesmanship in the hope Casillias would be put off. It didn't work, well it did for Nani, but Alves missed his, and Fabregas popped up to knock his penalty in off the post, and send Spain through to their 3rd consecutive major final!!
The two things which surprised me was the amount of defenders taking penalties, and cocky Mr Ronaldo who was desperate to take the pressure penalty and win the game for Portugal!! Get a grip Cristiano, take an early penalty and give your team confidence!!!
Next night, was Italy Germany, and as we all know, this ended up about one man - Balotelli!! He has fast becoming a player you can have a love hate relationship with! When he turns up, by god he turns up, and he did just that on Thursday night with possibly my goal of the tournament! There have been a few good hits, but this was sublime!
The Germans were not their typical self to be honest, but take nothing away from Italy, they deserve their place in the final! It's Italy for me on Sunday, afterall, the last time there was a football scandal in Italy, they won the World Cup!!
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