Portugal fall to Germany
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The Portguese hang their heads after going behind.
Germany beat Portugal 3-2 in Basle to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008. A flowing German move saw the recalled Bastian Schweinsteiger poke home for the first, before Bayern team-mate Miroslav Klose netted with a header five minutes later. Nuno Gomes gave Portugal a ray of hope, but captain Michael Ballack headed the third. Sub Helder Postiga made the final few minutes interesting, but to no avail. [+]
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| Current Squad | |
| G12 Quim | M10 João Moutinho |
| G1 Ricardo | M19 Nani |
| G22 Rui Patrício | M8 Petit |
| D4 Bosingwa | M6 Raul Meireles |
| D3 Bruno Alves | M7 Cristiano Ronaldo |
| D16 Ricardo Carvalho | M11 Simão |
| D5 Fernando Meira | M18 Miguel Veloso |
| D2 Paulo Ferreira | ST9 Hugo Almeida |
| D14 Jorge Ribeiro | ST21 Nuno Gomes |
| D13 Miguel | ST23 Hélder Postiga |
| D15 Pepe | ST17 Ricardo Quaresma |
| M20 Deco | |
| · Complete Squad | |
| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Wed 6/11 | A - Czech Republic | W 1 - 3 | European Championship |
| Sat 6/7 | H- Turkey | W 2 - 0 | European Championship | · Complete Team Fixtures/Results |
| 2008 Tables: European Championship | ||||||
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2008 Leaders: European Championship | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Nuno Gomes | 1 | ||||
| Deco | 1 | ||||
| Hélder Postiga | 1 | ||||
| Ricardo Quaresma | 1 | ||||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 1 | ||||
| Pepe | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Hélder Postiga | 1 | ||||
| Pepe | 1 | ||||
| Petit | 1 | ||||
| Bosingwa | 1 | ||||
| Fernando Meira | 1 | ||||
| Miguel | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
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