Fernando Torres is owning shit so far and Spain could be running away with this thing if Torres' first big opportunity didn't go off the goalpost. Jens Lehmann looks overmatched, which is a shocker, and right now Germany's best chances are coming on ticky tack free kicks.

The majority of the first half was pretty sluggish but things have started to pick up. If Germany wants to do anything, it'll stay that way. YES, I KNOW THEY'RE COMPOSED! THEY'RE GERMANS!

• WHAT'S THAT ON ABC'S THE OUTSIDERS? PEOPLE TREATING MONKEYS AS CHILDREN!? Rise, fellow simians, rise!
• Whew. Excuse me there.
• Germans making a good-faith effort to advance the ball at the opening of the half, but Spain maintaining good containment on passing lanes.
• Silva might just want to leave the shooting to Torres.
• Best chance for the Germans so far in the 60th minutes goes wide. And Angela Merkel could use a George W. Bush backrub.
• And Silva comes out at the 66th minute. 'bout time.
• Casillas punches a shot off to somewhere near Madrid.
• Somehow Torres gets a yellow card for colliding on a header. The officiating in this game is horrible.
• That's a big whiff by Marcos Senna right there. However, we've down to the final 10 minutes and the German's aren't coming out with much in the way of a response.
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So join me, won't you, for some uninformed commentary as the Uefa title is decided in Vienna in a former World War II prison. Fun!

• Julie Foudy continues to make me regret getting an HD TV.
  
• Big T-shirt bad sandwich covers for some shuffling people symbolizing something. A lot of drugs preparation went into this intro.
• Hey, Enrique Iglesias. Apparently Europe is at the pop culture equivalent of 1999 in America. Good to know.
• A SEVEN NATION ARMY COULDN'T HOLD ME BACK! THEY'RE GONNA RIP IT OFF...
• Kent Brockman on Spain early on: "Halfback passes to center. Center passes to wing, back to center. Center holds it. Holds it. [Sighs] Holds it."
• Germany getting some good early pressure. Klose has set up some opportunities but no great shots as of yet.
• Yikes. Nearly an own-goal by Germany on the best chance from Spain of either team thus far.
• Spain finally applying some consistent pressure at the 20-minute mark. Torres knocks a header over the goal on a corner.
• Ouf. Torres comes back with a great header two minutes later that caroms off the goalpost.
• And Torres scares the bejesus out of the German keeper, who has to boot it out to avoid getting stripped.
• "Torres has the Midas touch and it's a Spanish treasure!" Torres has been shredding the German defense as he bulled his way past, well, everyone. 1-0 Spain
• Spain comes right back with another great chance but Silva launches a cross pass way over the goal.
• Ballack is bloodied, possibly bowed.
• First half winding down. And Spain has taken control after a few timid charges by the Germans early on. Second half post coming up in a few.