France proved me wrong this morning when they convincingly beat Spain 3-1. The other results were not too surprising, including England’s rather unconvincing win over Equador 
Portugal beat Holland in a farce that saw 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards and both sides reduced to 9 men by the end of the game. Fifa president Sepp Blatter criticised the referee’s poor handling of the match and thought he deserved a yellow card as well!
Here are fixtures for the last 8:
Friday, 30 June 2006
Germany 1-1 Argentina (Germany won 4-2 on penalties)
Italy 3-0 Ukraine
Saturday, 01 July 2006
Brazil 0-1 France
England 0-0 Portugal (Portugal won 3-1 on penalties)
