EURO 2008 PART 2

Now that euro has finally come to an end, I can complete from where i left of. If u thought the first phase of euro was shocking(i.e till the quarter final stage) with all the upsets, the quarter finals were even more shocking. Surprising entries in the quarter finals were Turkey and Russia and (believe it or not ) Italy. I say believe it or not cause Italy was probably the only quarter finalist that didnt deserve to reach the quarters. But the bigger shocks were the shocking ousting of Portugal and Netherlands by Germany and Russia respectively. Netherland washed away all the other teams but were themselves swept into a tsunami caused due to the Russians(3-1) ,the main destructor Andrei Arshavin. In other quarter finals Portugal lost 3-2 to Germany. Also Italy lost to Spain 4-2 (penalties) after the 120 minutes resulted in a 0-0 goalless draw. So the semifinalists were Russia , Spain , Germany . Hey arent we forgetting a last team , yes we are the last finalist was (wait for it) Turkey!!!!!!!! ( shocked). I know you all are but Turkey made it to the semi finals. So euro came to its closing stages with Spain playing Russia and Germany playing Turkey, but there were no surprises there as the 2 largest European football playing nations ( obviously Spain and Germany) going through. The final was a mesmerising event (built along the lines of our very own IPL) with Enrique Eglesias performing. But thats not the mesmering part. The mesmerising part was the final match played between 3 times champions , Germany and Spain who had not won euro since 1968( i think). The match was special for one man just one. Fernando Torres (yeah him again) who scored the lone goal scored in the final( yes Spain won 1-0). Dont go by the scores the match was as exciting as any match but ultimately Spain emerged as kings of Europe. Torres did that deed with Spain what he could not do with Liverpool but ultimately achieved his goal. However grudgingly i have to say this i will say it that Spain deserved everything that they got. Hey i gtg now dinner being served. So till 2012 then. Ciao