91 minutes? Games should end at 90

Soccer fun recently. We went to watch the Poland/Germany soccer game in a Dank/sweaty/dark polish bar in Krakow (let me put the emphasis on sweaty). Anyways, we're here staying with my cousin Victoria and the three of us went to this bar that was filled with rabid Poland supporters. We all dressed in national colours...even Paul! Here he is with Victoria.

The game was fantastic to watch. I thought I was the only one rooting for Poland initially because everyone around was pessemistic about us holding up to the German powerhouse. But the game started with a good Polish barrage and held steady for a long time. It was really really exciting. The best thing was that ANYTIME Poland even had the slightest chance to score, the bar went CRAZY! People were up and yelling and cursing (Paul learned some new ones). And the cheers! There were at least 5 different random Polska cheers that kept being chant ed. And EVERYONE was involved! Even Paul, for all his Polish-bashing-ability. It was just a fantastic atmosphere to watch the game in. Heres a quick shot of the bar, with metre-high beers visible. The aussie smiling kept getting my camera flash and was blinded by the end of teh game, but at least he kept smiling.

Poland held it to nil-nil until the 91st minute, even after losing a player to a red card and playing short handed. At one point, the Germans had a shot AND rebound go off the crossbar. It was ridiculous, you could feel the bar almost explode. Great times in Krakow. As a finale, here's a coninuation of Paul's great facial expressions. This is one of him in mid chant of "Polska! Polska!"

Also, we've decided that since Poland is out we are all going to go for the Czech Republic now. That includes all of you