Germany beat Argentina and Spain beat Paraguay. This was yesterday, and just the results that Daniel said he wished for. I did not mention it in my blog then, though, because for me, Mum's success in the show ring was greater.
Out of four countries in the semi finals, three are European. This is the best result possible, given that only three could go on to the quarter finals, as the six European countries in the final 16 had to play each other. There is no crisis for European football, even though neither Italy (four times World Champion) and France (one time World Champion) made it to the final 16 and fewer European teams did than usual. Daniel believes Germany will be World Champion this time, for the fourth time.
The only non-European country in the semi finals is Uruguay, and while this country is a two time World Champion, it was in 1930 and 1950. It is Uruguay's first time in the semi finals since 1970. It is not likely Uruguay will win the whole World Cup this year, but they may very well be medalists. Daniel hope so, he hopes Spain will not get any medals, because then only classical football countries will get medals, by which he mean countries which have previously taken medals. However, he says that among countries never to have taken medals that he would not mind much becoming classical football countries by taking a medal, Spain is one of four. The others are Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
I write a lot about this, but it is because Daniel talks about it a lot. I hope my readers like it.
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