do you like my new shirt?

Dear Marta,

I just went to the Adidas store and bought this shirt. for me Poland 74 is Robert Gadocha. what a winger!!!

the man in the photo below is the vice chairman of the UEFA Medical Committee. We just had short chat and he was happy with the Dutch referee's decision to delay the game last night. He was the Danish team doctor for 20 years so I asked if he was there in 1992. Of course he was.

He was on the way to Kiev so we made plans to meet again next week before the semifinal here in Donetsk.

(I got a room at the UEFA hotel then)

well before last night game, I learned that there are VIP and then there are VIP.

for a few thousdands Euros, you can be a VIP. special parking, special entrance, foods and drinks, gifts, and a good seat. but you do not go on the red carpet.

normal VIP entrance

that is reserved for the super VIP. these super VIP got escorted by a greeter in UEFA white jacket to the red carpet and all of them were filmed by UEFA TV crew so the footages can be shown on the news later.

 entrance for super VIP

I met one super VIP who stopped and chatted with me when I called out 'Michel'

He told me Hitzfeld is at home and may come to the Final in Kiev. when I saw him again after the game, he told me his prediction for the Final is Germany-France. ui ui ui

imagine. Merkel and Hollande. or Mer(kel-Hollan)de. MERDE!!!!

France put on a clinic last night. oh la la.

after the game, along with my hostel roommates Pierre from Brest and Nikita from Moscow, we went to the media hotel across from the stadium to see the second half of England-Sweden.

what a match... I cannot remember the last competitive game where England came from behind. and Andy Carroll scored an absolute beauty. I could have been there. to sing a song for Andy...may be in a quarterfinal

the football has been wonderful for me at this EURO. after 16 games, no match ended 0-0.

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I hope Poland wins tonight.

about the other game in Warsaw, Greece will go to the polls tomorrow. it is a good chance that the election result will mean Greece being kicked out of the Euro monetary union.

one country that is happy to see Greece moving away from the EU and more towards the east is Russia. I read that as more western tourists stay away from Greece, they have been replaced by russian tourists.

Russia-Greece in Warsaw will be very interesting.

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going back to Kharkiv tonight to get ready for Christiano Ronaldo.