Germany 0 - 1 Spain ....It was a classic ?Chili Con Kick Off? from Spain ... did we need ?Mystic Meg?s? crystal ball?.... This display was Euro 2008 with added bells and whistles...

On a gorgeous Durban evening Spain turned on the style, elegance and beauty, ballet in footy boots, the Germany that over ran both England, and Argentina with consummate counter attacking football, controlled performances on the break, had all the possession ripped from them for extended periods of time.

I counted only a few chances that had M?ller not been suspended could well have converted, well only if Moses could be persuaded out of retirement to perform another ?Red Sea moment?...

As Jochim Loew?s ?syrup?(cockney slang for hair piece) elaborated, "They've been the best team for a few years, they circulate the ball well and you just can't keep up with them."....

Spain never rushes anything, the deciding header took 70 odd minutes, but there was an undeniable air of authority, and Holland will need to take heed, Spain has the patience , and defence, on more than one occasion Spain ?pulled? Germany?s center half?s forward, and this proved to be Del Bosque?s (Coach Spain) master plan...

Seven Barcelona players were present with three from Real Madrid, so we witnessed La Liga all present and correct...only ?Jose Mourinho?s? Inter Milan could have made any difference and provided a shock ...as in the Barcelona?s Champions League defeat.....

Loew?s desperation was evident as he substituted backs Boateng, and Trochowski with Jansen, and Kroos .....

Unfortunately SwallowTail .... ?Die Panzer?...like the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 ? 25 January 1945), ran out of fuel when it came to the vinegar stroke ........


All joking apart let?s take a few moments to acknowledge Germany?s accomplishments and German daily De Welt could not have put it better "This young team played their way into our hearts with elegance rather than drive. The multi-cultural team changed Germany; we used to be a land of complainers and pessimists. We?re a different country now."..........Germany has so much to be proud of....


Kayoko is irritated, and this is understandable, Germany looked confident and dangerous when the chances arose, but Spain has clicked together at exactly the right time....and spoiled a dream ....