I didn't guess right after all. I was rooting for Germany, but I didn't expect them to be so thoroughly countered by Italy, without any room to turn things around.

Italy in recent years has been strange. When their domestic football scene is all peace and prosperity, they always underperform in major international tournaments. They didn't make it out of the group stage in the South Africa World Cup, and stopped at the quarter-finals in the 2008 European Cup.

But once their domestic football scene is in chaos, with scandals erupting, and everyone is writing them off, they suddenly explode and surge forward triumphantly. Like the 2006 World Cup championship, and this European Cup. They actually fought their way into the finals. When they were stumbling through the group stage, how many people could have imagined they would be where they are today?

Before yesterday's match, Italy maintained a low profile, but they were anything but low-key during the game.

Balotelli's sudden eruption decided the direction of the match. And the German team was unable to mount any decent attacks or find any solutions after conceding the first goal.

Under Löw's leadership, this German war machine has become more technically refined and plays a more attractive game, but it seems... they've lost some of their most traditional tenacious will?

Spain and Italy will meet in the finals. Personally, I think Italy is the kind of opponent Spain least wants to face, because they are tenacious enough.

If Spain loses to Italy in the final, I wonder if they will remember that they once had the opportunity to completely eliminate Italy in the group stage?

In the final, I support Italy. I hope Italy can defeat Spain and become European champions. Let Pirlo and those old guns fulfill their dream...

Also, there are no matches tomorrow, so let's rest for a bit. We'll continue chatting the day before the next match.

Finally, I'm asking for monthly tickets!!!!

June is coming to an end, everyone please don't hoard them!