In the last match of Euro quarter-final, even though England attempted to prevent Italy's attacking in 120 minutes, finally they failed in penalty shoot-out. After the game, Alessandro Diamanti who scored for Italy criticized England's close defense in front of the net and satirized England wanted to imitate Chelsea's victory but unfortunately failed.

The Blues are inclined to be a technical and young team. A thorough reformed Chelsea is really to be expected.

Manchester City started their PR defending tour with a 3-2 tough win over the newly promoted Southampton, meanwhile, Chelsea easily beat Wigan Athletic.

The Olympic Football Women's semi-final match will start on August 6th, and the two focal games will decide the last winners of final confrontation. The first semi-final game will feature France against the new World Cup champion Japan. French team's performance in London 2012 is quite impressive, while the Japanese team tend to be more stable. The favorite son USA team will compete with Canada in the second semi-final game. Can the strong U.S team qualify for the final as they want to fulfill their defending champion dream? Canada can not be overlooked, because they have cruised to the semi-finals over lots of opponents.