ALL HAIL THE OCTOPUS ORACLE

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SPAIN! That has to be the ugliest final I've seen, and that includes the '06 headbutt. There were times I wished yesterday's (wonderful) Germany-Uruguay match was the final - it was prettier and more exciting, not to mention the lack of cards. I missed the replay of De Jong planting his foot on Alonso's chest, so I couldn't tell if it was intentional or not, but he was lucky to have escaped without a red card. (ETA: Scratch that, that was intentional!) Of course, Holland still got nine yellow cards, not to mention the red! I've heard people blame the referee, but I'm not sure what he was supposed to do here.

Now seems like a good time to share the Spanish version of Waving Flag featuring David Bisbal.

Also, I love Iker Casillas. He's so dreamy. *sigh*




I love that they changed into their trademark red jerseys for the ceremony. ♥


AND, go Mueller for the Golden Boot *and* the Best Young Player, and Forlan for the Golden Ball! ~\0/~

Until 2014! (No, you cannot make fun of my plans of saving up and watching it in Brazil, enough people have done that already.)