Football Diaries: Euro 2008

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

First set of semi-finals:
Germany (3) vs Turkey (2)

Frustration! Full of frustration this game was. Believe it or not, due to electric storms in Vienna, the live transmission feed of the game was disrupted in the final few minutes! Imagine the frustration of people all over the world when they couldn't see what was happening between Germany and Turkey when full time was just around the corner. The horrid disruption took place thrice(!). We got to know that Klose sealed Germany's victory in the final minutes by scoring a third goal. We got to watch replays of it. I don't understand what the hell Ballack was doing staying all quiet in the background. We didn't see much action from him in this game. Lahm and Schweinsteiger were magic on the field when they scored the first two goals. Believe it or not, the first goal was history repeating itself (read Portugal vs Germany). Lahm renacted the same pass to Schweinsteiger who kicked the ball the same way into the net when Germany played against Portugal. Even the final score was reminiscent of the quarter-finals. Unbelievable! Turkey scored two goals; the second goal was just surreal when Semih flicked the ball inches from goalkeeper Lehmann's hands into the net in the blink of an eye.

Semi-finals- Game 2:

June 26 2008
Spain vs Russia

posted by Neelofer @ 2:17 AM

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