Quarter-final kickoff

in a few minutes. :wibble:

Half time 1-0 to us. heh.

Well, Owen's finally proved his worth. Bit of a mish-mash, they're better with their feet than we are, and there's been a lot of headers. Rooney twisted his ankle around the 20th minute and got ordered off by everyone else since he was limping something chronic. The Portugese, aside from diving something terrible, also don't know where the goalposts are. Especially when it comes to free kicks. Seem to think the bar's about a foot above where it actually is.

Er. Is anyone else seeing the resemblance between Deco and Colin Farrell? It's rather disturbing, but definite eye candy.

didn't post. Full Time report :

Portugal scored, we got one disallowed at 88 mins, (bloody ref, said theree was shoving and there wasn't) and now in aextra time. eeep.

Fuckses. We're out.

2-2 during extra time and... penalty shoot-out. The words every Englishman dreads, due to never having won one in our lives. And it wasn't helped by Beckham's 'What the hell was that, and do you know where the goal is?' First strike.

Parent : 'Why do other countries have pretty supporters in the crowd?'

This, disturbingly, is true...

In other unrelated news, I'm appealing to the Blood Donor association : do not send new cards in envelopes that look just like 'you haven't paid your bills'. Looked and went 'but.. but... I'm sure I haven't...' Opening, familiar blood donor headed paper and a bronze card (10-24). Phew.