Well well short post for the quarterfinals.. will edit in once the other results are out.

QF1:
GERMANY 3 Schweinsteiger 22, Klose 26, Ballack 61
PORTUGAL 2 N. Gomes 40, H. Postiga 87

Comments: Portugal, dubbed the 'Brazil' of Europe, were sent out of Euro2008 after a thrilling quarterfinal tie against the Germans. Schweinsteiger again proved to be the Portuguese's nemesis. He scored twice when these two sides met in the World Cup 2006 3rd-Place Playoff, and he put in another man-of-the-match performance by scoring once and providing two assists with deadly free-kicks.

TURKEY 1 S. Senturk 120'(+1)
CROATIA 1 Klasnic 119'
After extra time, 90 mins 0-0, Turkey win 3-1 on penalties

Comments: Yet another dramatic victory for the odds-defying Turkish side. After progressing from the groupstages due to stoppage-time winners against Switzerland and the Czech Republic, they astonishingly repeated the late feat for a 3rd straight match. Klasnic thought he had won it, and so did all the Croatian fans and players, when he scored with a header one minute from the end of extra time. However, Turkey hit back and with the final attack of the match, Senturk rifled the ball into the top corner to stun the Croats and force a penalty shootout. More drama enfolded as Croatia missed their first and third penalty and saw their fourth penalty saved, while Turkey scored three out of three to reach the semifinals of the European Championships for the first time. Drama, drama, drama. Will Turkey be the 'Greece' of Euro2004?

NETHERLANDS 1
RUSSIA 3
After extra time

Comments: The Russians stunned hot favourites Holland to reach the Euro2008 semifinals for the first time, since they took part as the Soviet Union. They completely dominated the match, and the Oranje were lucky to bring the match into extra-time with a late equaliser. Russia continued to dominate in the extra 30 minutes though, and scored twice to earn themselves a well-deserved shock victory over the Netherlands.

SPAIN 0
ITALY 0
After extra time, Spain win 4-2 on penalties

Comments: An absolute bore, Spain and Italy cancelled each other out with boring, cautious football. All the sides in the other three quarterfinal ties threw caution to the wind and attacked consistently, providing viewers with great entertainment. The same can't be said of this match, as neither side had many chances and the Azzurri were playing for penalties from the start. They got the shootout they wanted, but Spanish keeper Casillas rewrote the script by saving two penalties to send Spain through to the last 4.

Joel at 6/22/2008 12:52:00 AM :: link

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