So we’re just going to come out and say it… Germany’s loss to Spain in the WC semifinal today blows. But rather than sulk over what wasn’t, we’d rather celebrate what is: Spain is set to play Holland in Sunday’s big match and they’ll be sporting one of the hottest cheering sections the world has ever known. Trust us, these are girls you’ll really want to get ‘behind’.

Paul the Octopus continued his astonishing streak of correctly predicting the outcome of German national soccer matches, with his record now standing at 10-1. The only match he got wrong was the last time Spain and Germany met, in the European Championships in 2008. Now the world is faced with a genuine oracle. The two year-old cephalopod should get a job as pundit for Sky Sports, at least he knows his football.