Reuter’s reports:

“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 thongs, with the national colors painted on to their bare skin.”

Best comment in the entire article?

“I was supposed to hold the balls but I really have no idea how to do that,” said German keeper Jana Bach.

Unfortunately there weren’t too many SFW pictures. To see the real NSFW pics of the event you can check out the articles at Funtasticus and the Slanch Report.

When the worst possible thing out of a combination of beer, women, a place where people party for Spring Break, and soccer, is soccer (which is technically the most popular sport in the world) then you know you’re in good shape.

Soccer may not be my favorite sport in the world but I tell ya. They sure know what they’re doing down in Mexico.

Here are a few Corona ladies that make my case more viable.

In case you don’t know who Spencer Tunick is, “Tunick has made a name for himself with his works featuring hundreds of naked people at unusual venues.”

In other words, the guy has used art as an excuse to fulfill his very odd sex fantasies. And clearly he was in another zone at this year’s Euro Stadium.

The article goes on to say, “much of the hours-long photo shoot had little to do with soccer, with naked volunteers assuming different poses at the behest of the artist. But at least one of the photos had them with the ball, men first and then the women.”

For more of Spencer Tunick’s work I suggest you visit his website as posting all of his work on here could be a little shady.

If she were in the stands maybe I’d go to a game

The Associated Press reports that “New York contemporary artist Spencer Tunick has gained notoriety worldwide for photographing thousands of people in the nude. Now he’s planning to pack a Vienna soccer stadium with 2,008 naked fans in the run-up to the Euro 2008 tournament.”

Perhaps this is a step in the right direction to get this sport on track here in the U.S.

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