All that being said, I was touched/moved/impressed by Andriy Shechenko's performance in front of his home fans today.
the man was already an national hero. today, he became a legend.
i can't say that i was particularly impressed by ukraine's game and without a whole lot of luck they aren't going to make it far, certainly not in the elimination round (then again, a whole lot of luck is exactly what they had in 2006 so who knows). the last 5-6 minutes of defense were painful to watch. i'm still shocked that the vikings didn't score.
I was worried that the similar colors would make it difficult to tell the Swedish women apart from the Ukrainian women - turns out it's not that hard to tell the difference between Scandanvian women and Developing country women....
they showed some absolute stunners during the game. the vast majority of them, IMO, were ukie.
since we're on the topic of the Euro:
- could portugal/italy have been any more of a disappointment? zzzzzzzz.
- i enjoyed france/england more than i should have.
- i hereby ask that we retire the expression "luck of the irish", unless it's meaning is sarcastic.
