Euro Report:  Germany 1, Portugal 0

Not a terribly exciting or well played game.  I was thinking this German team might pose the greatest threat to Spain - young, skilled, dangerous - and they still might.  But I was unimpressed with their overall attack and especially with Gomez until he scored the goal.  It was a nice header.  They got the result.  Ronaldo is fun to watch and root against.  Kobe fans would love Ronaldo.  He's like Kobe, but better.  When he was getting the ball around the box, 3 German were guarding him.  And he made some plays.  There were several balls he played to his teammates who could have finished.  And like Kobe, you can tell he is eternally disappointed by his teammates failures.

Ozil is my favorite player to watch.  He is so smooth and plays these balls that are works of art.