day 8, beauty and the beast

Spain will look to take control of the group against the Swedes on the last day of 2 separate match times. I guess they will have the matches coincide on the last day so that there is less of a probability that games will be meaningless, although Portugal Switzerland is academic already, as Spain versus Greece is likely to be after today if Russia plays like they are capable of. For Sweden, there are some concerns over Zlatan's fitness, needless to say, they don't have much of a chance without him. I'll look for Spain to match the Dutch effort, and we might have all 4 group winners decided after 2 games. Spain 3-0.

I'm completely off the Greek bandwagon. They don't have any kind of attacking threat besides Charisteas, there best chance of a goal might be off a Karagounis free kick. Samaras is washed up, and they are unlikely to throw caution to the wind with their team selection. Even if Russia can only manage a draw, its likely to set up another game 3 showdown between them and the Swedes for the last spot. Russia 1-0.

I'm attending my first ever MLS game tonight in DC. I don't even know who they are playing...