EURO 2012 - Business End (of Group Stages)!

My first 2 Minutes from Europe! I told you they'll be a bit rare at this stage. But since I've found a bit of spare time, thought I'd give my thoughts on the Euros so far - and it has been heaven being able to watch all the games at the reasonable hours of 6pm and 8:45pm - other than yesterday's games due to the massive thunderstorm in Donetsk yesterday which delayed the Ukraine v France game.

So we know:
Ireland are definitely out of the Euros.

Sweden and the Netherlands are on the verge of being out of the Euros.

Germany are pretty much through to the next round and will only miss out if the mathematical improbability occurs.

It's going to be one heck of a dogfight for the quarterfinal places this weekend.

It's been a pretty good tournament so far. We've had no goalless draws, plenty of goals and quite a few results and thrillers and vodka shots consumed - England's game against Sweden was probably the best game of the tournament so far although Germany v Netherlands and Portugal v Denmark were pretty good too.

England have looked better than people have given them credit for. The Germans and Spanish look as good as we thought they might be while the Dutch have definitely been the disappointment of the tournament so far.

And yes, the atmosphere has been good in Poland as far as I can see even though Krakow for some strange reason is not hosting any games despite having two of Polands biggest clubs, Wisla and Cracowia. 

Anyway my tips are
Germany, Russia, France and Spain to finish top of their groups. Portugal, Poland, England and Italy to join them in the next round.