Although I guessed the result correctly—Spain won—after watching the match, I almost wished I had been wrong and that Portugal had advanced to the final.

I think Portugal's performance was more deserving of a spot in the final.

Spain's strength is indeed greater than Portugal's, but they looked very embarrassed under Portugal's powerful and fast attacks. Especially in the first half, there were times when they made passing errors in their favorite backfield passing game, giving the ball to their opponents or passing it directly out of bounds.

Portugal's strength is not as good as Spain's, but they know how to deal with Spain, and they followed this method meticulously.

They almost succeeded. If Ronaldo's single-handed killer shot in the 90th minute had gone in, if Moutinho hadn't missed the first penalty in the penalty shootout...

But there are no ifs in soccer.

Spain won, because their strength is greater?

That's the reason I said before, but now I don't agree. I think they were just lucky.

This Spanish soccer is really boring. Although it is also extremely powerful, it has won so many championships that the previous beautiful Spanish teams could not win. But I really don't have a good impression of a team that passes the ball in the backfield to brush up possession rate and then wins 1-0 in the knockout stage. Even Barcelona, which also emphasizes ball control, plays better than this Spanish team. At least the number of goals is much higher...

I know there are many supporters of this kind of soccer, and I'm not saying this kind of soccer is bad, but for me personally, I don't like this kind of soccer.

I prefer the kind of soccer that is fast, full of power and passion, that makes people's blood boil, that makes them unable to help but jump up from their seats or cheer, or hold their heads and sigh. Maybe it's not strong, maybe it won't win many championships, but I enjoy watching it and get enjoyment from it.

Now this Spanish team has entered the final. If their opponent is Italy, I can imagine another dull draw, and then a penalty shootout. If the opponent is Germany, maybe Spain will win, but the scene will definitely not be as dull and sleepy as this morning's game.

Tomorrow morning's game is Italy vs. Germany. I hope Germany wins, but Italy is really a tough bone to chew on.

But I'm still optimistic about Germany. Just like when I was asked at the annual meeting dance which team I was optimistic about winning the championship, I firmly believe that Germany will win the championship. If they can't even get into the final, how can they win the championship?

That's all for today.

Finally, I would like to ask everyone for monthly tickets. There are not many days left in June!