Euro Cup final
I'm on vacation in the deep wilderness of Maine's Atlantic coastline. I had worried that I wouldn't be able to find any place to watch today's final. But I figured that I could find any roadside honkytonk with ABC. I had resigned myself to the lonely ignomony of the American soccer fan.
Instead, I was lucky enough to stumble into Rollie's Bar and Grill in Belfast, Me. It has plenty of TVs, good beers on tap (including my new vacation favorite Shipyard Export Ale) and cheap wings. Other fanatics are trickling in, and I noticed this Red Bull Racing poster in the WC.
This could be a fun final after all. I'll try to live blog on my robot phone via the comments feature here. Who are you pulling for, where are watching the match and why?
-Tom Meagher
8th min.: Sitting on the deck overlooking the Penobscot Bay, I'm joined by two fathers and their kids.
Despite Germany's tentative strikes, the teams look well-matched.
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 02:55 PM
15th min.: Lucky reaction save for Germany. Spain is starting to assert it's offense.
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:02 PM
18th min.: Does Fernando Torres have a mullet now?
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:06 PM
20th min.: Wasted Torres freekick from the 20 yard line, awarded for a phantom foul.
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:09 PM
22nd min.: Germany got lucky. A Sergio Ramos header had the keeper well beat, only to hit the bar.
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:11 PM
26th min.: Spain is ratcheting up the heat after Germany dominated the early minutes.
Posted by: | June 29, 2008 at 03:15 PM
31st min.: Has the Spain keeper even touched the ball in the last 25 minutes? Jens is all over the ball for Germany.
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:18 PM
33rd min.: Torres lures Jens far out of his box and slips it past him and into the goal. Spain 1 - Germany 0
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:20 PM
36th min.: What happened to Michael Ballack's face? He has a smattering of blood under his right eye. He's on the side being tended.
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:23 PM
38th min.: It's great to see Spain's King Juan Carlos at the game in Vienna. If the US made it to the World Cup final, do you think our president would be there?
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:26 PM
43rd min.: More fans trickling in here. Both captains get yellow cards. Here's a prime opportunity for Ballck to step up his game.
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:31 PM
Halftime: Still Spain winning 1-0. This phone is really unwieldy to post comments from, so I'll concentrate on the game in the second half. Please feel free to post your running comments here.
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 03:35 PM
Fulltime: Spain 1 - Germany 0.
There goes my bracket. Spain dominated the match. After the first 10 minutes, Germany seemed to disappear. It could have easily been 2-0 or 3-0. Do you think the right team won?
Posted by: Tom Meagher | June 29, 2008 at 04:51 PM