Wonder why he was at the back of the queue for penalties ?
Was he hoping to further boost his over inflated ego by scoring the winner and become a national hero ?

On the other hand judging by the quality of his free kicks,(100% for presentation, 1% for quality), he may well have ended up with egg on his chin.

Ronaldo----sin cojones

Come on Stuart that's below the belt!

I saw this on Twitter earlier;

P I I G S :: P I G S :: P I S :: I S

Pleased the Germans are gone.
Should make for an interesting final.
Spain will need to turn up to win it. They've been a bit sloppy the last two games.
Justice for Balotelli as well after the abuse he's had thrown at him.
To be hoped the Spanish fans can behave themselves during the final.

Any predictions for tonight?

I make the likely winners 55% Italy 45% Spain. Italy are coming on strong, although Spain also started to click in extra time against Portugal.
It may come down to who exploits the few chances at goal - Balotelli or Torres (if he gets a chance to play).

A por ellos, España!

Get yer wonga on Italy! I have it from a extremely reliable source that the ref has been 'Got at'!

Does he need to be "Got at"? There have been some quite extraordinary and inconsistent displays by the refs so far..

Its Italy Stevie!

Wonder if Spain will start with an out and out striker and go for the jugular or resort to their boring tippy tappy mid-field keep ball ?

I rate the game 50/50 myself, however if Italy pull it off, it will make England look like a good team,...


.....only on paper of course.

Well I got the scoreline wrong the prediction right - and the Germans were overrated

Spain will win by a goal or two tonight, Lets say 2-1

That will seal Spain's reputation as the best generation to have ever played international football - 3 tournament wins in a row, never been done before

Then they will rebuild before the next world cup with Xavi and Puyol retiring and Torres discarded. The rest of the players are still young enough for another 2-6 years

Well if the Spanish are as confident as CM and they still lose tonight - there'll be an inquisition..

Quick SIlva.

My brother and SIL are in Spain at the moment,settling down for the game, a text from them, power has gone off!

It is not going too bad for Spain so far.................