England lost to Portugal. Not really a surprise but I'm unsure who to blame. Rooney shouldn't have been sent off with a red card. That his foot got caught crushing an opponents cajones was truly an accident but pushing an opponent right in front of the ref was downright stupid (or to use the British styu-pid). But England still had an attack and a helluva defense. Unfortunately for them so did Portugal. So the blame must go to the Keeper for England who, during the penalty shoot-out phase, rarely moved from the line. He didn't even try on a couple of shots. Pathetic.

On the bright side, France took out Brazil and gets from me an "!".

So it's France vs. Portugal and Germany vs. Italy. All of my favorites are gone. I guess it will be France vs. Germany in the Final with France winning it all. Pity that. I really had hoped that England would continue because frankly I still haven't figured out how Crouch can move in five different directions at once. A skeleton playing football - really now.