Think of the children!

Looks like there's a good chance the final could turn out to be that vision of soccer hell I was talking about earlier. A primer:

Euro 2004 Ad for the Guardian UK

The SF Chron had a nice piece lamenting the problems some teams have had staying erect, and how it may be influencing our next generation of players:

A thrilling World Cup is still one big flop -- CW Nevius, SF Chronicle