Wait, was that game available on ESPN3? The whole tourney was on ESPN3 except the Final? What the what? I watched both semi-finals, would love to be able to see the Final some day.
Portugal 5-0 Germany. Wow, don't see a German just get drop kicked very often. Portugal as so confident on the ball, attacked the goal all the time from all directions. The Germans were solid athletes but the D was shaky and the offense was inconsistent, they were German but not as German as they will be in 4-5 years.
Sweden 2-1 Denmark. Sweden finished their early opportunities, Denmark just couldn't get back into it. Evenly matched, both sides were solid.
Portugal was the best of those four but Sweden should be able to counterattack better than the Germans.
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Sweden (5-4) 0-0 Portugal
Yes, the game was on ESPN3. Hell of a battle. Against the Germans, Portugal was able to layer their attack so they were constantly rolling in attackers in a way that just riddled the German defense. But the Swedes were happy to flatten out the back and hold Portugal to mostly outside shots which never connected. The Swedes looked more dangerous around the goal, more comfortable around the goal but they never connected either. I used to hate penalty kicks but now I kinda get sucked in by them. Great save to win it. Good stuff. We'll be seeing a lot of those guys again in the future.
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