Whether it has any bearing on Monday's crunch Euro 2008 match between the two countries is debatable but Austria drew first blood on Sunday when their topless women's soccer team beat Germany 10-5. The traditional swapping of shirts afterwards was not an option as the six-a-side teams wore nothing but G-strings, with the national colours painted on to their bare skin.

The football may not have been of the highest quality but that did not temper the enthusiasm of a mostly male crowd boosted by a sizeable media presence only too happy to desert Euro 2008 training for an hour or two.

I'm well aware that this is old news, so spare me the "Man lands on moon" comments. The fact is, I wrote a blog about this when it happened, but it never got posted. But El Presidente is away and he left me and Manzo in charge of the store so I'm posting it anyway.

When you've been handed a battlefield promotion, it's extra responsibility, but it also comes with extra privileges. So sue me if I think posting a week old blog consisting of not much more than NSFW photos of a topless soccer match is the perfect thing for a Friday afternoon in the summer.

PS. These pictures alone mean I've seen more of the Topless Germany-Austria match than I have of Euro 2008. Enjoy.