An entire nation is celebrating. Germany beats Argentina on penalties and advances to the semis. Black, red and gold, whereever you go. I am crying, honestly. I never thought that the vibe in Germany could be any better - that was before the game !!!

What happens next? There is hardly a higher level to reach in terms of atmosphere.

I'll post fotos and audio later...

Ukraine uses long balls already. Too early for that. Nesmachniy passes the ball to the corner of the box, but Zuberbuehler is right there before Shevchenko.

The Swiss on the other side try to shoot at the goal as quickly as possible. Hakan Yakin tries a shot from 30 meters. An easy one for Ukraine's goalie Shovkovskiy.

And another distance shot from Wicky. Again Shovkovskiy with long hands.

Switzerland: Zuberbuehler - Djourou, Magnin, Mueller, Degen - Vogel, Wicky, Cabanas, Yakin, Barnetta - Frei

Ukraine: Shovskovskyi - Nesmachnyi, Vashchuk, Tymoschuk, Gusev - Shelayev, Gusin, Kalinichenko - Voronin, Vorobey, Shevchenko


Ref: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Spain just steamrolled over the Ukraine. The esatern Europeans are just not used to these temperatures. Germany's summer just arrived in time for the Spanish to play their first match.

Do you agree that the sunshine today was enough of a factor for Spain to bet Ukraine 4-0.

By the way, now the USA is not the worst team of the tournament anymore...