I've always found it odd that Italy, renowned for it's beauty, elegance and passion, play the most stultifyingly boring brand of soccer ever conceived.

@Crapshoot: Rooting for Italy is like saying Hitler was a victim.

@highlifer: As a follow up to the Sylvie van der Vaart/Tatu debacle from yesterday, I've been looking for attractive lasses for this game. Spain seems to be proving more difficult than I'd imagine for some reason. That said, Iker Casillas WAG is fairly attractive:

I think two of those three girls have mustaches... which I hear is good odds for Italian girls.

That was fun, time for bed in Europe now...

@kbjone: Yeah, but I'm trying to keep it PG-13.

@Steve_U:

@Crapshoot: Van der Sar is seriously the only reason we're still watching a game now. He and Sneijder should both be locks for the team of the tournament.

Man, the Dutch have even forgotten how to perform their fantastic counter-attack properly.

Sweet fancy moses!

@Dools: Second minute of ET? You saw the card that Boulharouz(?) got for his "elbow" right?

Wow... that's the most nothing I've ever seen happen. I think.

Ruuuuuuuuuud!

And I take back the nice things I said about the Dutch defense earlier. They've looked as exposed as I was afraid they would when someone actually, y'know, attacked them.

@BigTenObsession: Yes. The "one."

In honour of that Russian goal, I will now watch a Tatu video.

There's an impact sub...

Dammit Rafael... I'd like a valid excuse to post more pictures of your wife.

I think Wesley Sneijder brought the wrong shoes with him today.

@Paper Cut: Yay for TSN in Canada! They're not using the ESPN feed.