[Col. Fishguts]

go party at the Hexxenkessel in Luzern for me

Kaz .... you know the Hexxenkessel ?!?!?!?!?  You know, I live about 25 minutes from Luzern. When have you been there ?

Anyway, this evening I was in the middle of Zurich in front of the biggest screen they had there, together with several thousand people. I'm not gonna comment on the game, since I'm obviously heavily biased. But WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

The ambiance was incredible even hours before the game, after the first goal there was cheering as expected..... but after the second goal the whole crowd went completely bonkers, beer flying everywhere, everybody jumping and singing to this

Excuse the crappy cell phone image quality:





After the match the whole city was on the street, traffic completely collapsed and it was just one big party. There are still honking cars driving around as I type this.



That's a police man trying to manage traffic and cheering with the fans at the same time.

Now looking forward to the match against Ukraine.

[Kazan]

go party at the Hexxenkessel in Luzern for me

Kaz .... you know the Hexxenkessel ?!?!?!?!?  You know, I live about 25 minutes from Luzern. When have you been there ?

yes, i've been to the hexxenkessel

Seid ihr bereit für die nächste Stufe im Aquagen-Zyklus?
Dann zieht euch warm an,
und ab geht´s

Könnt ihr es spüren?
Könnt ihr es fühlen?
Es ist da!
Es ist überall!
Es ist Zeit für Partyalarm!

[Shade]

Oohh boy, does Sweden have problems. 2-nil Germany after the first half, and frankly, it could've been 3 or 4-nil and it would still be deserved.

They've had all the play, all the chances, except for the last 10 minutes when the Swedes apparently decided it was time to enter the playing field. Not only that, But Sweden had a man thrown out on a double booking... the second for a silly and unneeded offense in an entirely non threatening spot.

Germany will win this for sure now. It's only a matter of how any goals they win by.

[Night Hammer]

haha nice penalty kick by the Swedes :

[aldo_14]

Bit of a walkover there, really.

[Roanoke]

and england only managed a draw against 'em......

[karajorma]

Lets face it, if England go out to Ecuador I won't be in the slightest bit surprised. Maybe they're being overconfident but what can you say about a team who thought before their match with Germany that they really didn't give a stuff who they played from Group B and decided to rest half their team?

Compare that with England's attitude (Must not play Germany. Must not play Germany) and it kinda shows how pitifully the English team really rate their chances.

[aldo_14]

Lets face it, if England go out to Ecuador I won't be in the slightest bit surprised. Maybe they're being overconfident but what can you say about a team who thought before their match with Germany that they really didn't give a stuff who they played from Group B and decided to rest half their team?

Compare that with England's attitude (Must not play Germany. Must not play Germany) and it kinda shows how pitifully the English team really rate their chances.

All I can say is...4-5-1 with Owen Hargreaves as a right-back........

[Shade]

To be fair, Sweden played a hell of a lot better against England. Well ok, in the 2nd half they did, in the first they were as lame as in this match This match they just started out poor and never got better as the game progressed, not to mention that drawing that stupid red card and blowing a penalty didn't exactly help them either.

In fact, this was by far the worst play by Sweden in the tournament. Not the best time to bust out that sorta stuff when you're into the elimination stage, that's for sure.

[karajorma]

The Argentina vs Mexio match is proving surprisingly thrilling

Argentina are bloody lucky not to be down to 10 men.

[Shade]

Yeah, I saw a red coming there for sure, but turned out wrong. Stroke of genius by the Mexican manager to keep the Argentinian playmaker covered like he is, it really stifles their buildup phase with him nearly out of the game. Makes for a good match

[Edit] Though it does seem like Argentina are getting the upper hand now. Mexicans are looking a little bit tired. And aside from not entirely agreeing on that non-red card, I have to say I think this ref has been amazing so far.

[Edit] Omfg! Fantastic goal for Argentina. Brilliant!

[karajorma]

Well it looks like the officials are determined to prove you wrong about that. First the ref books the wrong Mexican player and then the linesman disallows a perfectly good Argentinian goal.

And as I'm typing this Argentina scores. 2-1.

[Night Hammer]

wow what a goal

[Shade]

Yeah he slacked off just after I wrote that. Typical

[aldo_14]

Whoaff cor crikey, etc.

[Shade]

Hmm, Tall Bill seems conspicuously missing from the english lineup today. Will be interesting if that's good or bad... good if it means they're going to play football instead of holding a competition of 'who can kick the longest', bad if they keep up with the old tactic and suddenly don't have anyone tall enough to get to it, I guess.

[Edit] 1-nil England on an excellent free kick by Beckham. Not really deserved going by how they've played, but the kick itself most certainly did deserve ending up in the goal.

[Kie99]

Fantastic free kick. 

Anyone else get the feeling this is just an inevitable procession to elimination by Scolari's side in the Quarters yet again?

[Ghostavo]

Fantastic free kick. 

Anyone else get the feeling this is just an inevitable procession to elimination by Scolari's side in the Quarters yet again?

What?

[Kie99]

World Cup 2002, we were eliminated by Luiz Scolari's Brazil
Euro 2004, we were eliminated by Luiz Scolari's Portgual

Next match we're playing the winner of The Netherlands against Luiz Scolari's Portugal.

[Ghostavo]

And what is wrong with that? I don't see anything wrong.

(assuming we manage to win against the Netherlands which I doubt)