The Viennese coat of arms is quite similar to the Swiss flag:
And the Swiss today won against Portugal, admittedly with all their stars not playing as for Portugal the result of this match was of no consequence, they already had won their group. [This by the way is a smoker's carriage of the tramway when smoking still was allowed there.]
But the really hot game today was the Czech Republic against Turkey where the winner would march through with the loser being out, and in case of a draw there would have been a penalty shoot-out (the new UEFA rule I already mentioned here on the blog). The Czechs played better in the first half and already had a clear lead by two goals; they defended and let the Turks come, which they did. In the end the Turks won. Both teams were very nervous and made plenty of mistakes; there also were a lot of fouls, some rude ones too. It was a battle really, thrilling but not too nice to watch. In the end the Czechs themselves are to blame for their own loss, they almost were through and lost their nerves in the last minutes of the match.
So Turkey is through (their fans are driving through the streets of Vienna right now, sounding their horns) and will play against Croatia in the quarter finals - in Vienna, by the way, where there do live a great many migrants with roots both in Turkey and 'Ex-Yougoslavia' (many of them being Croats). This match probably will be considered a 'high-risk' one, and I certainly will not be near any public viewing area this day; I would be very astonished if there wouldn't be any skirmishes between Croatian and Turkish fans. For me Croatia is clear favourite in this match - but you never know what may happen.
