group stage runners up go ahead, while winners head home

The quarterfinals have been turned on its head. First Germany beat Portugal and then Turkey beat Croatia.
Portugal have been victims of their own success in the recent tournaments when they have always made the semis. Their overconfidence meant two stupid decisions on the part of their coach Scolari - resting the core of the team against the swiss which lead to a 2-0 loss and showed that if a few players were taken care of the Portuguese were vulnerable and Scolari's mid-tournament announcement that he would leave them.
But I will not discount the improvement shown by germany driven by Schweinsteiger. With their current form and pedigree, the title is not a dream.

Turkey and Croatia match was between 2 similar teams, which croatia lost and turkey showed phenomenal presence of mind in scoring another last minute goal.

So what next - Netherlands V/s Russia will see a close fight and Spain V/s Italy looks slightly loaded in favour of spain unless Luca toni is replaced by an accurate striker or then he discovers his touch