My pics of the final are a mess and a jumble so in lieu of that picspam, have one of the training sessions during the Euros. All Spain, natch. I may just possibly love them that little bit more than Portugal despite promising not to. These things happen! And they're fantastic! Things and boys both. ♥ ( lots. )

( and the award for the most awkwardly composed photo of the day goes to... )

CAMPEONES, CAMPEONES, OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ!!!

Bar viewing: amazing, even here. My boys: BETTER THAN YOURS. ♥♥♥ More on this later: YOU BET. MY ~SOUL IS STUCK ON CAPSLOCK.

Uh huh, Euro 2008 final day! It's still slightly unreal that two teams I actually like a lot, one of which I love a little madly, are playing for the big one ( Read more... )

( in a few minutes now! )

HOLY HAT TRICK, BATMAN. HOW DOES TURKEY DO THAT? I was this close to sure that they could pull a 3-3 equalizer while on their roll, but that wasn't to happen. And their roll! Wasn't that spectacular or what? Granted, not the cleanest play for every second of it and that blows, but they undeniably pwned more often than they didn't. Germany! How do ( Read more... )

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OMGGG IT'S STARTING. Go forth, team, and rock & roll! ♥ ( ongoing )

Holy fuck, that game. It's actually possible that Turkey can't win unless they do so with a miracle save. (They know everything about the crunch!) They were pathetically disorganized for a huge lot of the match, and then Croatia finally scored about three minutes before the end of extra time, at which time any normal team would've said, you know ( Read more... )

- Lehmann is picking off pieces of the pitch. Apparently they replaced it after the insane game in the rain, and it's understandably wonky still.

- Awwh, Löw not being allowed with his boys after the events of the Turkey match. It's tragic. And Frings isn't playing. Okay, he was ridiculous in the Croatia game, but it's wrong when he isn't. I ( Read more... )