James Lawton writes: "If you are still wondering, with just a few hours to go before the potentially fascinating final of Euro 2012 between Spain and Italy, it is still possible to walk down the cobbles of the Andriyivsky Descent without fear of marauding young Fascists".
Along the main artery of Khreshcatyk leading into Freedom Square — reduced by Red Army dynamiters to rubble as the Germans advanced in 1941 — Spanish and Italian fans amiably discuss their prospects.
There is also to be found a small group of English stoics discussing proudly the technique of falling asleep while clutching a glass of beer or wine and then waking up some time later without the spilling of a single drop, reads Toronto Sun column.
This was billed by some as one of one soccer’s ultimate misadventures, bringing to a large, troubled swathe of Eastern Europe the world’s second-most important tournament.
It was to court sickening extremes of racism and unbridled gouging by hotels, apartment agencies, taxi drivers and restaurants.
