While grabbing a westbound Queen West streetcar, I saw a car heading north on Spadina. Its driver honked his horn furiously, and the passenger exultantly held a Russian flag out the window.

Curious behaviour, if -- as I had anticipated -- Russia lost to the Netherlands in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008.

But it did not.

In a tournament of upsets and nail-biters, Russia toppled the big orange scoring machine by a 3-1 score! They scored twice in extra time.

Here's the BBC match report.

One quarter-final left: Spain versus Italy tomorrow. Russia will play the winner of that game on Thursday.

At the risk of dooming them, go Azzuri!