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Oh beautiful! Netherlands are through to the semi-finals. Albeit they won on penalties, but they finally managed to exorcise the demons that have plagued them in past penalty shoot-outs at this level. Not a spectacular game and de Boer was off for an injury leaving the captainship in the less capable hands of Cocu in my opinion. I think it subsequently had something to do with Davids being substituted for Heitinga.

Ibrahimovic was an annoying tit for much of the game and at one point fancied himself for the gold at the Olympics for diving. But I can’t be too hard on the guy, as he must have still been playing for Ajax when he, as the commentator put it, “Beckham’d it” during the shoot-outs.

Anyway, penalty shoot out is not what I wanted as now it gives me about an hours sleep before I have to wake up to go diving. Was it worth losing sleep over such a lacklustre game? Of course, we won.