the Bonetti Diaries part 5

BONETTI DIARIES 5 Samba Pa(r) Ti Time for Triumphant Spain . Ciao , Watchers, Movano Bonetti here, what a grate finish to a grate tournament. The Spanish carry the day against these redoubtable Germans. There'll be dancing in the streets of Madrid, but just mourning in the streets of Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montevideo........ Overall it was a festival of football, but here are 2 down points - Despite goalkeepers claiming there would be more ball movement than you get at a Max Mosley night out, the quality of free kicks was poor. And, the most unfortunate player in the whole tournament has to be the boy Hublot - countless times his name came up on the subbies board but he never got on the park once. Tragedy. Well done to Turkey who surprised everyone by reaching the semi finals.One of their best players reaped the reward for a fine championship by earning a move to a club in Zurich - or , as they used to say in Kung Fu, Nihat to a Grasshopper. Russia also done great by getting to the last 4, although while their conquerors Spain were given an all expenses paid 2 weeks on the Iberian Peninsula, Guus Hiddinck's men 's reward for defeat in the semis was 5 years (on a room only basis) in the Siberian Peninsula. Farewell to Motty , who finally hung his sheepskin up after 50 years patronising foreign teams. Him and Stan Lauro were undoubtedly the funniest double act since Burke and Hare. But despite missing out on the finals, England might well have a better chance of succeeding next time around.The FA have a tabled a motion at UEFA that in future would give a wild card to the best placed side south of Hadrian's Wall and East of Wrexham. So they're guaranteed qualification - unless , of course, the Isle of Wight get a team together. Finally, a chortle to end this series of indefinite articles - What do you do if Calamity Jane's car breaks down in Switzerland ? Simple - Sender 'oss. Ciao, Benny, see you when the Dees' season starts.