Russia to the semifinal

What a match. From Russia. They played Holland of the pitch and advanced to the semifinal after a brilliant show. Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko and the others gave the Dutch team a taste of their own medicin. Van Nistlerooy was very close to give Holland the lead in the first half but when Russia scored in the second, the "orange hurricane" was in real trouble.

The truth is that Holland didn't created one single scoring opportunity untill van Nistlerooy put them level again. Van der Vaart had a few shot from distance but Russia was closer 2-0 during the whole second half.

When Greece won the European Cup for years ago they did it almost without attacking. Russia isn't interesting in anything else but attacking. If they win the whole thing next sunday, we don't know yet. But they play this tournamnets most entertaining football.

The fans from Holland don't look to dissapointed. What can they do. They lost against a better team. Some russian fans are singing but the streets are filled with italians and spanish fans. I hope you see it on the pictures, the fans from both sides standing in front of each other singing and dancing together. It is a beautfiul scene.

"Ciao Italia, ciao italia - are the spanish fans singing.
"Soi campione del mondo, soi campione del mondo (we are world champions) - are the italians answer.

Tomorrow we are looking forward to an exciting game. Who will play Russia in the semifinal, Italy or Spain?