the mad sports man

world cup semi final two spain defeated germany 1-0 to face the netherlands in the championship game on sunday. spain controlled the game with quick passing, ball control and very good defence. germany could not get anything going. germany faces uruguay for third place on saturday at 12:30 in port elizabeth. spain plays the netherlands on sunday at 12:30 in johannesburg

world cup semi final one the netherlands is going to the world cup final on sunday with a 3-2 win over uruguay. uruguay in the meantime will play for third place on saturday. the second semi final is tomorrow at 12:30 between germany and spain.

quarter final part 2 germany took out argentina 4-0 to go to the semi finals against spain, who took out paraguay 1-0 in a wierd game where there were goals dissalowed on penalty kicks (i saw the highlights) and such. germany and spain play wednesday while the netherlands play uruguay on tuesday.

quarterfinal part one biiig. the netherlands just knocked out brazil 2-1 and will face uruguay or ghana in one semi final game. brazil had the first half, but the netherlands took control of the game when they tied it when melo of brazil headed the ball into his own net. they scored again and brazil lost their composure. anyways uruguay and ghana at 12:30. update: urugauy wins in penalty kicks 4-2 after ghana had the opportuniy to win it in extra time on the last play. a uruguay player stopped the ball with his hand causung ghana to get a penalty kick. that kick ended up off the crossbar. so uruguay plays the netherlands on tuesday.

happy canada day happy 143rd birthday to canada. canada day celebrations all over canada culminating in the fireworks show to cap it all off. even people decked out in anything red and white. even the cfl season started already with montreal and saskatchewan kicking it of with a pretty good shootout so far in a 33-33 tie game midway in the 4th quarter. toronto at calgary is at 8pm. cheers to canada.