Super-Spain Wins European Championship

What a tournament Euro 2008 has been! And an exciting, if not out and out beautiful, final game. In the end, a lone Fernando Torres goal was the difference maker, but Spain were the true class of the tournament and deserved to hoist the trophy. Germany, towards the end of the game, looked tired and out of ideas. Turkey outclassed them in every way but goals in their semi-final game, so it would've been hard to see Germany as the cup holder.

I'm going to rest my soccer eyes for a couple of days after all the Euro games. I've got six weeks of youth soccer coming up and then the EPL openers. I can't wait.

Euros

I've finally had a chance to catch up with some European Cup soccer, with some quarters action, taped and delay-viewed. After the Netherlands looked so vital and dangerous in the first 2 games of the group stage, Russia demolishes them in convincing fashion. Did Spain really beat this team 4-1?

Germany looks powerful and monstrous in the first 25 minutes, then rests on its laurels for a nervy 30-40 minutes, until re-asserting itself. Portugal's defense couldn't keep a clean sheet in the MSL, it appears. And CRon, for as wonderful a talent as he is, looks like Portugal's only real player. And even he isn't that dangerous against the Joymans. Good to see Der Lemon playing well for the Big G Machine.

Man, I Love Little Buggy Science

The Human Microbiome Project - hands down, the coolest science jinkery I've heard of this week. Let's find out what all those bacteria are doing on - and in - us. It's kind of weird, though, isn't it, to think of yourself as a minority member of your superorganism...

Thierry Henry Rumours

Wow. The Champions League just concluded and the rumour season has already hit full throttle. Consider this the silliest, most wild-ass rumour about American soccer you'll hear this season...however, if it turns out to be true I'll stand in line for the season tickets.

Movie Review

Iron Man = Awesome!

This Just In....

The Black Bottom Pie at Marlene's Market and Deli is the best pie I have ever had anywhere. You must get some.

And, it's 90 degrees in the Seattle-Tacoma area and all across the region people are being blinded and confused by the bright orb in the sky...and the explosion of albino-pale white legs and torsos on display everywhere.

Oh, and I have some parenting advice over the the Mirror.

The Season Is Over...

Finally, the season that began with such promise and excitement for an Arsenal team of young, talented Gunners, has slunk to a close with 3rd place in hand after a 1-0 win over Sunderland's Black Cats. Talk about anti-climactic. The championship was ours to lose and lose it we did, with a string of draws and losses that was enough put Gooners everywhere on suicide watch.

Flamini is gone. Though not as big a loss, Jens is done. Who else might be gone over the summer and who might arrive? We have a couple of months to speculate.

On the topic of little Matty, the boy has revealed himself a right git.

Midfielder Mathieu Flamini has revealed he would have signed a new deal
with Arsenal last summer but the 'pain' of missing out on the 'Premier
League title influenced his decision to leave the Emirates.

Twits take their tail between their legs, cash in and go off to Italy, Matt. Champions take disappointment to heart and come back fired up to win. It's best we see the back of you, then.

The only silver lining, and it is the slimmest of glimmers, is that SAF's boys kept the RMA from taking a trophy, and hopefully, will do the same next week in Moscow.