upset night....

Upset night~~

Italy.... of course, not a weak soccer team by all means.... but the germans have been the in form team of the tournament, and were pouring goals on every team that they play....

2 goals from balotelli in the first half just killed the german's back..... they looked sluggish in the first half... and in the second, they seemed to have thrown the kitchen sink at the itas, but only scored a 92nd minute penalty kick....

that is the least of the upsets tonight tho..... Rafa loses in the 2nd round @ wimbledon... to a no-name guy ranked 100 in the world!!!! WOW~!!! Lukas Rosol.... won his 4th ever match on grass.... couldnt even buy a win in the qualifiers in previous years... then now beats nadal.... unbelievable...

ah.... stayed up all night watching sports.... its going to be a long tiring Friday... -.-

seriously.... what am i going to do when the olympics begin.... in a month!!!! woot woot~~

Euro 2012~~

 

When Euro 2008 was on, i was in yantai, and i watched the games on a big screen with an irish-canadian, welsh-canadian and a couple of russian girls.....

it was also our "reference" test of the big screen before the beijing olympics....

and now, before the london games, euro 2012 is upon us... and this is my "reference" test as to how im going to adjust my sleeping hours so that i can integrate late night tv and a korean office job together...

a few predictions i can give for Euro 2012 is.... portugal will disappoint, spain will choke, and netherlands will win.... and im going to downing cans and cans of Hot Six... (the korean version of Red Bull).....

i wont be surprised if both hosting nations dont make the quaterfinals as well....

in other european sports news.... last night was the day sam stosur was shocked in defeat to sara errani in the french open semi finals..... sure errani is in career best form.... and she's now in the finals for the singles and doubles.... but i really thought this was stosur's best chance of winning another slam....

ah well.... semi-finals not too bad..... lets go win wimbledon and the olympics!!!

cricket season~ in korea....

it may be the heart of the NRL and AFL season in australia... but its cricket season here in korea....

3 matches in... and the ANZIKs are sitting on a mediocre 1 win 2 loss....

our first match against the sri lankans was obviously tough... getting the winter rust out, as well have losing many players from the previous season, and needed time to gel together with the new guys.... bowlers couldnt find a consistent line, and in the end, we got thumped...

2nd match was a total turnaround.... bowlers were great, and we got the opposition out for a cheap score and chased it down with plenty to spare....

on the back of that powerful win, we entered the 3rd match yesterday with alot of confidence.... missing our captain, our top order batting was also missing.... our bowlers once again had the opposition in a hole at 6 for 40-ish... but they still ended up posting 116... which we fell short by about 4 runs....

obviously, it's our team batting that needs improvement.... i myself am only averaging 6 runs, so its time to get down early and hit the nets before the game.... its not often the bowlers are going to dismiss the opposition for less than 120....

anyways... cricket in korea.... it definitely good being around a group of aussies and kiwis to mingle and talk about the rugby, cricket, etc.... sometimes its hard talking to koreans about state of origin... hehe