Deutschland, Deutschland, Bumsfallera!

A hugely satisfying experience of course to watch Germany advance to the semi-finals, after routing Argentina 4-0. Then Spain squeaked past Paraguay (1-0), but gave such a lackluster performance that Germany has every reason to hope for a quick victory against them next Wednesday. But as in baseball, just because you’ve got the best team in town doesn’t mean you’re going to win the next game, so semper paratus and so forth.