Co-hosts fall to old enemy
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Michael Ballack (centre) smashes in the winning goal.
Michael Ballack struck a thunderbolt free kick to send Germany through to the Euro 2008 quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over co-hosts Austria on Monday. Germany, needing to avoid defeat to stay in the tournament, looked nervous in the first half but Ballack's strike from 25 metres at the start of the second changed the game and took them through as Group B runners-up behind Croatia. [+]
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| G21 Jurgen Macho | M6 Rene Aufhauser |
| G1 Alexander Manninger | M5 Christian Fuchs |
| G23 Ramazan Ozcan | M10 Andreas Ivanschitz |
| D14 Gyorgy Garics | M11 Umit Korkmaz |
| D12 Ronald Gercaliu | M8 Christoph Leitgeb |
| D17 Martin Hiden | M19 Jurgen Saumel |
| D13 Markus Katzer | F20 Martin Harnik |
| D16 Jurgen Patocka | F22 Erwin Hoffer |
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