Now it's the quarter finals of The Cup, we're making the effort and watching the remaining matches. It was a 5am start but it was well worth it. A great attacking first half from both teams with Italy having the better chances. The second half was a different story with Germany dominating but still unable to break the 0-0 deadlock. Extra time saw Italy come out firing with twoa shots rattling the wood work in the first few minutes.
Although with 5 minutes to go it looked like the pair were headed to penalites and on past history it would be Italy out and the home side would be through to the final. Grosso had different ideas on the subject and curled a beautiful ball around the German Keeper to just slip in on the far post. As Germany pushed forward for the equaliser an Italian counter attack saw Del Piero put the result beyond doubt.
A great game to watch (even if it was at 5am). I'm on to my 3rd coffee of the day (and it's only 10am) althought the third one looked fairly good to a bush turkey at Wordsmiths Cafe and almost endded in disaster.
I'm looking forward to tomorrows match and hope that both teams are out to play with their attacking flair. With the disappointment of Ronaldinho I'm hopping Cristiano Ronaldo or Thierry Henry will come through with some magic, although I'm still looking for a France v Italy final.
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