Today Germany plays Greece in the European soccer tournament. I’m sorry I’ll have to miss it (darn work). I have really become a fan of European soccer and this game should be really interesting. Mind you, I could not name a single player on either team. I do not know who the favored team is in this match. But given the economic/political tensions between these countries, I suspect the crowd and the players will be pretty rowdy. The match adds nothing to the austerity v. spending debate surrounding the Euro, but from a nationalistic standpoint it should be very interesting.
It also reminded me of this classic Monty Python sketch about another Greece vs. Germany soccer match.
Eat My Peashoot 
Haven’t seen this in, well, I don’t know how long. Too long. This is great. Thanks.
The outcomes of the Germany-Greece matchup in Monty Python’s bit and in the 2012 EuroCup are rather different, of course. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/index.html