Bring on the unconvincing Spain: mere pretty boy road kill now as Germany marches ever onwards and upwards. Those were the words of fellow blogger, Julia DeMeyrick after Germany had demolished Argentina on their way to the semi-final.

Whilst there was a hint of poetic licence in her words, to describe them as unconvincing is to do La Roja a massive disservice. They may have not been banging in the goals like their German counterparts but there was a sense of inevitability about the performances of the Spaniards as they progressed through the tournament. Plus she didn't count on the prediction of our tentacled friend from Dusseldorf.

During the game many observers of the game were waxing lyrical about the performance of the Spanish with their intricate passing and ability to maintain possession in the end their only goal game from a simply taken set piece. It was as if they had mesmerised Die Mannschaft with all that ticky-tacky passing and made them forget to defend from a set piece, something that they had dealt with relative assuredness until that stage.

During the German demolition of Argentina, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mesut Özil who took advantage of the acres of space that an ill disciplined and tactically naïve albiceste outfit afforded them. Contrast that to their performance against the Spaniards, where their influence was minimal. In fact, I can barely remember Schweinsteiger touching the ball in the first half but he was hardly alone in that respect.

Whilst the more fancied Xavi and Iniesta may get a lot of the plaudits for Spain's midfield domination one must also pay due credit to the performances of both Sergio Busquets and Xabi Alonso. Earlier in the tournament in their group stage match against Chile, one commentator was heard to say that Busquets had spent most of the game falling over with Alonso always beside him watching on". Since then the two holding midfielders have been an important key in La Roja's upswing in form. Their combined efforts are more than making up for the absence of Marcos Senna and their influence come Sunday will be all important.

Del Bosque's decision to drop an out of form Fernando Torres to the bench was not so much bold as necessary. Torres, is sadly out of form and the performance of his replacement in the starting XI, Pedro, will probably mean he will be consigned to the bench again for the final. The only blot on Pedro's copybook was his inability to set up Torres for an almost certain goal in the dying minutes of the match. That being said, having a player of Torres' ability sitting on the bench is pretty handy to say the least. And let's not mention that Fabregas guy, who didn't even make it out of the pitch against the Germans.

So whilst everyone else waited with baited breath to see who Paul the Octopus tipped for the final, I felt emboldened to make my own prediction - that ended up matching that of the world's most famous cephalopod mollusc - and that tip is: Spain 3 Holland 1.