Friday, June 20, 2008

Euro 08: Germany 3 Portugal 2

Am I the only one left feeling being mislead by all the hype of this game before hand? The match that was described to be a duel between flair and efficiency. Where was the flair? The efficiency of the German machine was definitely there but the Portugal went for an early vacation yesterday especially after the two goals from the German before half time. The Portugal team look totally lost in the match and they had no ideas at all on how to combat the efficiency of the Germans.

Although Nuno Gomez managed to snatch a goal right before the half time whistle, it was back to square one after a horrible marking by the Portugal defence, allowed Michael Ballack to head home the 3rd goal(which was awfully similar to the 2nd goal they conceded against Klose).

That was when I decided the match was not worth sacrificing my sleep cause the winner was so obvious from then on. Portugal team had no fire, no spirit, no passion all which are required to conquer the cold efficiency of the germans.

So congrats to the Germans for progressing to the semis and to Portugal, I just have one word disappointing.

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