Euro 2008 : Casillas defeats Buffon

Wow !! Its unbelievable !!! All my predictions for the all the quarter final matches have been completely wrong. The only thing I liked about these predictions was their consistency :)

Thanks to Casillas, Spain are the only team that have topped in their group and still qualified for the semi finals. Going by points alone, they are the favourites. But as it has been proved time and again, 

Your past performance, only shows your capability to achieve. Its only your performance on the day that can produce results 

The last quarter final match between Spain and Italy was the worst quarter final match. It was played in true European style of defense. Both the defenses were strong enough to wade away any attacks. Both the teams looked reluctant to shoot purposefully.  Luca Toni for Italy failed again to make any impression. Infact, he needs to forget his nightmare in this tournament and move on. 

When the ball ever crossed the defense, it was met with a class goal keeping effort by the tournaments 2 best goal keepers. It was fitting to their class, that the match had to be decided on penalties. At the end of the day, Casillas prevailed over Buffon. His 2 saves, won the match for Spain.

I was surprised to see the penalties being stopped after Fabregas scored for Spain. Spain were leading with 4 goals to 2. Italy had 2 more shots to take and Spain had one. Technically, if Spain failed to score their next shot, and Italy scored both, we could have ended up at 4-4 !!! I wonder what I am missing here ?