of the Dutch. I mean, I've always been fond of our low-lying cousins to the East - chiefly for their artists, their progressive government, and their predilection for words with more vowels than consonants - but now I have another reason, they trounced Italy and France in Euro 2008. So, the stage is set for an Italy-France death-match, next Tuesday. More's the pity they can't both loose really.*
- Mr. Ed
Image from the BBC/Getty images: Super-subs Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben celebrate the second Dutch goal against France.
* Of course if Romania were to somehow miraculously beat Holland, that would send both Italy and France out of the competition but that's probably a little too much to hope for.
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