www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

We must be aware that we must never take things for granted but then when life was routine, the order of things in the universe will be taken for granted. Who would have thought that a day will come where the simplest thing like going out, eating, working, travelling, meeting family and friends would come to an almost complete halt. Well, at least in Singapore, we never really had a complete lockdown. I said who not WHO.  Originally, I thought that this was a great opportunity for the world to band and come together as one but no as till this day, we still knew no better how the virus originated and from how it came about and are none the wiser.  We even saw the horrors of racism rearing its ugly head. If we saw videos of some Americans beating up Asians unprovoked, does it mean that all Americans are racist? But who did that certainly are.  And if Asians are being discriminated and abused for no reasons other than their skin colour then why do Asians also abused their fellow Asians? S

This is it! The Euro 2020 Final. It is the final countdown. England versus Italy. They have been truly the two best teams in this tournament not because they are in the final but with the way they have been playing. Which do you like? Fish and chips or spaghetti? Both will be deserving winners but we should probably hope that the game will not see any red cards (or two yellow) as this would change the the entire game. 11 v 11 will always be lovely. Preferably I would not like it to go into extra-time too and worse still penalty kicks. The best way to decide a winner is within 90 minutes in regulation time.  We need to save some sleep too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw (The Final Countdown - Europe) Italy are very formidable opponents and have been very impressive. They looked a bit rattled only once - versus Austria and a little against Spain. To have missed out qualification for the World Cup in Russia have hurt them mighty bad. The Azzurri are 33 matches unbeaten and to

3 more matches to go and then we can go back to sleep properly again. Lets' take a look at the quarter-finals and we will see how each victor performed to get into the semi-finals. The teams that appeared first as in like the home team are all out of the competition. So for the semi-finals, it will be the reverse that is the teams that appear first will be in the final. On the other hand, it could well be a Spain v Denmark final. Anything goes but first let us forget just the results but more importantly to examine and dissect the remaining teams. Every team has their strengths and weaknesses.  It is now anyone's game and any team's tournament to win. Win two more games and you are in the history books of champions forever. Surely with four teams left, all of them came through on more than merit. The semi-lists' quarter-final performances:  Switzerland v Spain - Firstly you have to give credit to the Swiss for making life so difficult for Spain. As expected the Spania

3 more matches to be Kings of Europe. I am glad that the last 16 has descended upon us with eruption and the thrills and spills. I have always love the underdogs and watching small clubs beating the big ones, small countries upsetting the giants and hot favourites have always been the beauty of sports like Denmark who only qualified because Yugoslavia were banned in 1992 but went on to win it in fairy tale fashion. Now for a word from the sponsor  - of the beer - myself. It was so good to see Denmark after suffering from the scare of Eriksen's collapse and after losing two matches to bounced back with emphatic wins over Russia (4-1) and Wales (4-0). Many also do not realize how good the Czech Republic have been as they toppled top scorers the Netherlands. How Switzerland who looked mediocre at the group stage more than sprung to life delivering the greatest KO punch to the French. Spain who only showed their mettle in their last group match got the biggest scare of their life when