Gus Hiddink's impressive Russian team produced the upset of the tournament by beating a strong Netherlands side 3 goals to 1. The Dutch were simply outplayed in every area of the game and the Russians on fire. Great team effort, the Russian players didn't appear to tire, and Andrei Arshavin's talent was something to behold.

For the Oranje it must be a bitter pill to swallow after brushing aside two teams that reached the FIFA World Cup final in 2006. I honestly can't take anything away from Russia's performance, they were the better team.

The Spain, Italy quarter final promised a lot, but delivered next to nothing. Italy must bare most of the criticism for a poor using defence minded tactics. I wonder if it was actually their plan to play for penalties, which means the Spanish victory in the penalty shoot-out is all the sweeter.

Definitely one of the poorer games of Euro 2008.

My Euro 2008 predictions are utterly wrong other than the Germany, Portugal fixture in which the Germans impressively beat the Portuguese. I don't think I'll bother making any more predictions other than I think Germany will win the tournament. It would however be wonderful if Russia gave us two more upsets.