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Well, I don't know much about them all. To be honest, I won't go out to celebrate, gotta be up early tomorrow for work (and they don't dig football much there - I work for and with athletes, but athletes who won't probably earn as much as a footballer - and they're currently too concerned with their scholar exams or their own competitions).
I'd say the opinion's quite versatile here. I read a first review of the game, it's as if coach Domenech had never been criticized (but they're all, apart from the Swiss and one or two others).
I spoke with a friend from Portuguese origins, on the day Portugal faced Iran. I asked him a few questions during the game, and his answers would probably apply to lots of persons. He told me he couldn't imagine his (second) country to lose. I asked him if he thought of the team winning in the end. And he told me that he couldn't either. We kinda felt strange.
In a Nick Hornby book, there's that also. Hornby describes his life as an Arsenal fan, always being there, prepared for the defeat, hoping for it not to come, and surprised by victory, but not that happy, for a final victory would change so many things.
That's how I felt back in 1998.
I guess there are some cars downtown honking here and there, prudently (my town ain't big and lively, and it's not the semis).
The radio mentions scenes of happiness, people starting to believe in the team NOW.
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