by the way, you mean effect. and im not suggesting they had to be radically better, just if they had raised their performance from abysmal to decent.

By the way, what Neuer did when the penalty was shot was very creepy. It was obvious where the ball would go, yet he leaped in the opposite direction.

once the Greeks went 2-1 down they knew they had lost it so they started acting like they did in the 1st match (playing very dirty)and then conceded 2 more goals and the penalty that Greece had was a little harsh because the German had his back to the ball amd couldn't see where the ball was so the Greek dilibratly kicked the ball onto his hand and jinxed it for England by scoring and making it 4-2 to Germany.(I am English and I wouldn't say anything good about the Germans unless I was being very honest(I am))

rvw, you are the only person in the world who wants to get rid of the offside rule.

Don't forget the three billion women on this planet; don't have to understand something which doesn't exist. ;)

The offside rule is NOT going away, let's not debate something so medial.

Then why can nobody give me a single good reason in favour, instead getting offended at the mere suggestion of getting rid of it? I've heard better argumentation in debates on politics and religion...

Other than divine intervention, there is no one thing that would have taken the Greeks to the Semis.

The Greek pantheon has dozens (hundreds?) of Gods, I don't think a little divine intervention from one or two of them is too much to ask for! :p

Everyone was slowly jogging, there was no hassle

Xalara, xalara; probably the first Greek word (or more accurately: concept) I was taught on international students events.

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So far in each of the quarter finals the country farthest to the West has won, so it's looking good for England!

Any (Dutch) person already bored with the European Cup 2012? How about instead watching the World Cup... 2012? Here's the footage of the finals, were you can watch the Dutch team (after losing the finals five years in a row... :( ) finally winning the World Championships: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acrS0kPY-J8 :D

I want to play that game too!!!

RvW, getting rid of the offside rule would mean stretching out the field a lot as an attacked could just hang around in the penalty area waiting for a long ball.

Stretching the field means people have to run a lot more and therefore the speed with which the game is played is reduced and thus less attractive to look at.

England deserved to be eliminated and it was. Italy was brilliant on the other side.

Semis:

Spain-Portugal

Germany-Italy.

I predict a Spain-Germany final.

I predict that Germany is going to be champion. if I had to choose between Spain and Germany, I would choose Germany (however I`m dutch)

I bet is on Germany, too.

Btw, what language is this video in?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfZzC4AEor8

russian

shout, shout, England are out!I'm English

Come on spain you can do it

Disappointing semifinal... Somehow i knew they would get to the penalties.

I completely agree with you paul, I was hoping the potugese could do something in extra time but 0-0 after extra time and the decision not to put ronaldo in the first 3 penelty takers especialy when one of the takers before him was a defender but when it went to extra time spain were on top and you somehow knew they would win

78. min.: 0-1, Di Natale... :P

39. min: Gomez 1-0
58. min: Balotteli 1-1
60-70. Germany gets stronger and Schweinsteiger gets a big change!
72. min: Özil 2-1

I'm probably completely wrong, but i guess it goes like this.
Or has it start already :p

Balotelli = LoL
2-0 for Italy after 36 minutes...

Schade Deutschland...
They lost 1-2 against Italy.
Looks like Spain is going to be the champion, but my hope is Italy. They were my favorite team (besides The Netherlands of course)

What the ... Germany had no men in defense while Italy had about 6. I know it's easy to score when you're alone with the goalkeeper.