France is through, thanks to Zizu’s penalty. Commentators’ analysis= “Keeper got a hand to it though”. “Well, he may as well have dived the other way”. Watched it With Sha and Ioanni over beers and my famous Chicken Caesar salad.
I watched the Italy/Germany game with Sha, Ali, and an Italian stranger called Lucio in the Walkabout bar. There were Germans on one table, Italians on another and bonhomie all around. I was impressed by Italy; although I went in wanting Germany to go through, Italy impressed me from the start and I ended up rooting for them. I hope the Final is a good one. And thank heavens the cheating slimy Portuguese are out.