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If the statistics that followed Friday's 5½-2½ scoreline lent weight to the belief that this was going to be Europe's year, Saturday's 6-2 demolition job has seemingly made Sunday a formality.

Their 46-5 demolition of Australia in the last eight wasn't far behind either.

It has targeted pockets of armed Palestinian resistance at refugee camps in the north, carrying out major military operations and large-scale building demolitions, displacing many people from their homes.

Because of the tight timeline, construction is expected to begin almost right away, with crews starting demolition work next month.

"We've done the demolition phase... Now we need to build," he said.