Another surprise was to come this evening in the match between Netherlands and Russia. The good displays of the Dutch team from the group games were stopped by a confident team guided by a great coach. Gus Hiddink, which is a Dutch himself, had to send home his national football team.

Russia dominated the game from [...]

Now that my team has left the competition I am a declared fan of Turkey. Fatih Terim did his magic again and sent the team into the semi-finals.

Croatia had lead the game until its last minute of the extra-time, when Semih scored to make the score 1-1. Then came the penalty shoot-out. Croatian star [...]