So, it looks like Spain has opted for the Spectacular Implosion course of action; I can't fault that, it's a tried and true method. Plus, I appear to have done the same, being so sick and exhausted this week that I couldn't concentrate on anything and ended up missing it altogether. *eyes Euro Cup with intense but patient curiosity ( Read more... )

5-1 to Netherlands? As an avowed Spanish - and, moreover, Casillas - fan, I probably shouldn't be excited about that result. But honestly, when they were up 1-0, and off a penalty no less, I couldn't help feeling that would be the worst possible result to take into the competition. Not only is it not interesting, that kind of middle ground is a ( Read more... )

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PENALTY BLOODY SHOOTOUT *headdesk*

Also, my man [Captain] Bumblebee here seemed just a little ... flat. Not in play, but just mood-wise.


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[Edited to retroactively to add a mood icon, in honour.]

Okay, so I've only just got around to gushing about the Spanish win of the World Cup, because it's been that kind of day, but I think I just need to get this out. That push in the chest to write something is (as my mother as a child used to be told she was) "up and down like a fart in a bottle ( Read more... )

GO NEDERLAND!!!  \o/

I'm calling it: Spain vs Netherlands in the final.

( some biased waffling as to why )