Germany 1(4)-1(2) Argentina

You know when the players have given their whole when they cannot even score during overtime. And man, what a game. Miroslav Klose has finally scored a goal too, for what was probably one of the tensest games so far (the other two being France-Spain and Argentina-Mexico). To sum it up in one sentence, this was a relentless succession of attacks, counterattacks interspersed by shots from 40 yards. Basically, the type of games you think you could only see in Captain Tsubasa, but without the interminable introspective flashbacks and impossible airtime doing bicycle kicks (I think only Ekrem will know what I am talking about). And when Klose scored that equalizing goal, you knew that the game could only be resolved by penalty kicks. Unlike the tedious Switzerland-Ukraine game, you actually wished for it.

Now, do we really need to keep bithching about Marcelo Balboa? The gentleman might have been a competent football player, but he makes Thierry Roland (French commentator) sound like John Milton. (As I am writing this, the Italy-Ukraine has started and Italy has already made a shot on goal ... and another shot and GOAAAALL!!!) If anything, Balboa must be a master of tautologies ("if anything, this is going to be a match of titans or someone will make a mistake") and clichés ("and this play will be fast and furious" I shit you not, he said "fast and furious"). But yeah, we switched to Univision for the second half.