Thursday, June 30, 2011

– and next week Rafael Nadal will probably win Wimbledon. Meanwhile, all across London for the next few hours, cute, charming, Spanish boys

Spain are the top scorers in the tournament with nine. Switzerland are the only side who haven't conceded a goal. Spanish attack and Swiss defence. We've been here before.

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The big question . What happened to Renato Buso? I love look at the list of top scorers and the Golden Ball winner at youth tournaments. I have no idea why. I have no idea why I thought it was worth.

Mind you, I'm wondering what to do now Fode Camara.

A handful of these players is straight up, but most disappear. That 's game. It 's one of the most poignant aspects of sport and life. Who are your talents bittersweet lost the election? The stories of Billy Kenny and Nii Lamptey - Joy of Six featured in this - are very sad, and I always had a soft spot for Giuliano Maiorana.

"Hanging around a hostel in Copacabana, doubt the match is on here so your MBM is something to do on a lazy afternoon, arrived in Rio in the middle of the night, slept too little, have already had a wander around the area and am too tired for more right now," pants Bjorn Fridgeir Bjornsson. "Bet there's no one else near me following the MBM. As for lost talents, from an Icelandic perspective, Siggi Jonsson was generally considered the most skilled Icelander to emerge, didn't make it at Arsenal, moved to Sheffield Wednesday under Wilkinson and spent the next 15 years being a midfield clogger. The Souness tackle that broke his leg at around the same time probably helped. Feyenoord fans from around 1979 may want to chip in with stories of Petur Petursson who topped the Dutch scoring charts and then went on to wander around Europe not scoring very much."

Switzerland have to get Beyonce on the ball more. He is clearly the best player and looks completely unaware of the importance of the game.

26 min The ball comes back to Switzerland a bit too fast for comfort right now. Mehmedi is from the area of ??treatment after twisting something a couple of minutes.

28 min Lustenberger, the Swiss midfielder was very impressive, hard-working fire-fighters were all over the pitch. "I 've got a poignant story of lost talent," says Jonah Gadsby. "In 2004 I had predicted to win over Greece to the euro, and later against Portugal 1-0 in the final. In the same year I predicted Porto victory over Monaco in the Champions League final before the tournament. Four years, In 2008, I predicted Romania to go all the way and defeating Croatia in the finals of this year 's €. I have predicted, Switzerland for the tournament, so it can be a bit of a revival, but it is probably only one be Keeganesque \. "

Half-time links, from Philip Podolsky

46 min

A double substitution for Switzerland. Mario Gavranovic and Amir Abrashi replace Fabian Frei and Innocent Emeghara.

Spain have been a bit absent-minded since half time, and Switzerland are in the ascendancy at the moment. Mind you, there is a lingering sense that, if Switzerland do equalise, Spain will just wake up and score another 12 goals.

60 min

61 min This was clearly a foul by Berardi on Montoya, wide on the right side. A yellow card was inevitable, because that was a desperate hack by Berardi.

64 minThiago pulls back the resulting free kick in the direction of Martinez, 15 yards, and he lashes the first time effort over the crossbar. The ball kicked a little awkward.

65 min Spain has woken up and begin to pass through Switzerland ragged. It must be absolutely humiliating to be on the wrong end of this.

75 min

Another Spanish substitution: Daniel Parejo replaces Iker Muniain.


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