The final four are now known and first up will be the Frogs Legs against the Castanets followed tomorrow by The Argies against EnGerLand. Before we preview the first game, we need to have a word about the quarter finals which all went as expected. However. once again in the games involving the Argies and EnGerLand, there were some strange interventions and some non interventions by VAR.
In the EnGerLand game,
the ball according to some hit the Spidercam wire above the pitch, the ball has a chip in it which is supposed to be able to track any touches on the ball, as it
did in the game where the boys from Kings Landing had a last minute equalizer
ruled out against the cork boys due to the ball allegedly touching a follicle
of a players head. Now if the chip had picked that up surely it would have
noticed the ball hitting a metal wire.
We may well never
know. All I know is that when I was watching the game, I remember thinking that
the ball had a very strange trajectory in that it dropped like a stone. But
hey, you need some luck and in the past these types of decisions have gone
against EnGerLand, so tough luck to the Vikings.
In the Argies game
against the cow bell ringers, we had a controversial sending off for the
yodelers. So unfortunately, the debate is about VAR and not the football, let
us hope that is not the case over the next two days.
To open the semifinals,
we have a clash between the two best European teams of the last thirty years.
Les Bleus are attempting to reach their fifth world cup final in eight attempts,
and their third in a row which is remarkable. Espana has won the European championships
three times and the world cup once in the same period.
Today for those who
are not aware is July 14th, which is the Froggie equivalent of July
4th for the Yankees. Whatever happens today, there will be a festive
atmosphere across the whole of Gaul at least before the game kicks off. Bastille day as it is known outside of
Gaul was the event that sparked the French revolution and the twenty six years
of chaos which followed.
The Parisian mob loves a good riot, as we have seen down the ages and the CRS, the French riot police love to crack heads, I saw them once at first hand back in 1983 and they do not take any prisoners.
If they do lose tonight, Gay Paree,
may not be so gay.
Hispania and Gaul
whilst neighbours generally had good relations between them, which is unusual in Europe, but one of the
darker periods was when Napoleon invaded Espana in 1808, installed his brother
as King which began the six year peninsula war, a war Napoleon eventually lost
due to the efforts of the Duke of Wellington. Perhaps we shall return to the
Iron Duke at a later date.
Espana will not have much
external help today, but they may employ the same guerilla tactics as they used
in that war. Their aim is somehow to nullify the fearsome Froggie attacking
force. The dancing Flamencos will attempt to hold the ball as much as possible
hoping to sting like a scorpion with lightning attacks, as they did two years
ago when they played each other in the European championship semifinal.
The last time they
faced each other in a world cup was in 2006 as we can see here.
Everyone is predicting
an exciting game, I would temper your expectations, Espana has not been that
much fun to watch, they play to win not to entertain, this game needs Les Bleus
to score early, so that the Castanets have to start clicking at a quicker pace.
Obviously, the focus
will be on the attacking stars on both sides, Mbappe and Yamal, but I think this
game will be decided in the middle of the park and the clash between the two
midfields will be the key to who wins this game. For Espana, Rodri and for the
Frogs probably Tchouameni.
Tchouameni, a touch of Gallic flair 
Rodi, steadiness personified
It is a very difficult
game to call, but as I am obliged to make a pick, I am backing the Froggies to edge this, but I would not be at all surprised if I was wrong and that the Flamencos advanced instead.
Tomorrow, we will preview the much more volatile clash between the old enemies EnGerLand and the Argies. Make sure you check back for that one.
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