Portugal Vs Germany Highlights and Video: Euro 2008 Quarter Finals Highlights
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Portugal Vs Germany Highlights Euro 2008 Quarter Finals:-
Stage: Euro 2008 Quarter Finals
Venue: St Jakob Park
Date: June 19, 2008
Kick-Off Time: 19.45 (UK Time)
Live Streaming Online: Portugal Vs Germany Live Streaming Online Euro 2008 Live
The first quarter finals match of the Euro 2008 brings us Portugal Vs Germany. This match promisses to be an explosive match with both sides not having much problem progressing to the quarter finals.
Germany opened their campaign with a 2-0 win over Poland, 1-2 lost to Croatia and a 1-0 win over Austria. The Germans best players in the first around are Lukas Podolski and Michael Ballack. Podolski has 3 goals to his name so far in the tournament.
Other worrying facts for Germany are, Joachim Loew the manager for Germany will not be on the bench after he was kicked out from the touch-line in the match where Germany beat Austria 1-0.
Lukas Podolski and Torsten Frings might not start day as they are recovering from calf and broken ribs injuries respectively. The Germans really need to pull their socks up if they ever want to upset the might Portugal. To make progress, the German forwards must show greater sharpness in front of goal, while the defence must keeps the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo under close watch.
Meanwhile Portugal has the luxury of more rest compared to the Germans as they won their first 2 matches. Portugal defeated Turkey 2-0 and defeated Czech Republic 3-1 in their first 2 matches. Portugal lost 0-2 to Switzerland virtually changing the entire midfield and attack.
Once again, the Portuguese will be banking on their stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Simao Sabrosa to carry them through.
With Portugal determined to play the ball around and Germany eager to launch swift breaks, it has the makings of an excellent match. 
Changes
- Germany coach Joachim Loew is expected to replace Mario Gomez with midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger who returns after suspension.
- Lukas Podolski is expected to partner Miroslav Klose up front from the left side of midfield.
- Scolari will revert his team again to the line-up that started the first two matches against Turkey and Czech Republic
Key Statistics
- Portugal’s lost to Switzerland 0-2 was only the second time in 22 matches they have failed to score. Could it be the 2nd time in 23 matches?
- Portugal have not lost in their two previous European Championships Finals matches with Germany – a 0-0 draw in 1984 and a 3-0 win in 2000 with a hat-trick by Sergio Conceicao.
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Portugal Vs Germany Starting Eleven:-
Portugal Probable Starting Lineup:-
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
Formation: 4-3-3
Goalkeeper: Ricardo
Defence: Jose Bosingwa, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira
Midfield: Joao Moutinho, Armando Petit, Dece
Forwards: Simao Sabrosa, Nuno Gomes, Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany Probable Starting Lineup:-
Coach: Joachim Loew
Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Jens Lehmann
Defence: Arne Friedrich, Per Mertesacker, Metzelder, Philipp Lahm
Midfield: Clemens Fritz, Torsten Frings, Michael Ballack, Bastian Schweinsteiger
Forwards: Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski
First Half Highlights
Second Half Highlights
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30 Responses to “Portugal Vs Germany Highlights and Video: Euro 2008 Quarter Finals Highlights”
By William on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Portugal will get this ~
2 – 1 humbling loss for the Germans
Cheers
William
Soccer Sidelines @ http://www.kokweiliang.com
By Germany fan on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
seem like it is the other way around
By Americo Araujo on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
When the Portuguese learn that POWER and REWSOLVE always win over fancy cuteness, maybe they’ll win when the going gets tough. Otherwise forgert it. Sempre a mesma cantiga. Nao tem aquilo que rima com baloes. Learn from the Dutch and the German.
By Jamie on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
REAL SCORE AT 70MIN GERMANY 3 – 1 PORTUGAL
By davood on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
f**k Portugal
By navypink on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Bam and Germany wins!
By Luis on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Were are the VID HIghLights
Germany Scored Strong and capitalised when it got its chance, Thaught Portugal dominated offensive but did not capitalise as they should. Awesome game . Eyther team could have won.
Congrats !
By Mustafa on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Admin,
When will the highlights video be available? Also Sweden vs Russia highlights only shows first goal…
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By sudip on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Germany won it damn. Portugal must have won the match.
By yasser81 on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
amzing euro
By Americo on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
POWER and RESOLVE wins over fancy footwork, always!!!
By longlong on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
you are bullshit. Germany is won. why you guy guess that Portugal win. fucking lost all my money.
By tip on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
some bull. portugal didnt show up.
By king on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
This is freaky,… The second goal was offside by klose… bad luck for portugal
By Admin on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
Very sorry for being slow. Having some issues with ISP until now!
Stay tune! =(
By Jorge on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
Ballack pushed off the defender. The ref and lineman missed it. The goal should not have counted. Oh well, they’re human too. What pisses me off is that the commentators overlooked it with instant replay and show great favoratism to Germany.
By Maverick on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
Incredible play by bothsides!! Incredible
By Jorge on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
Germany got lucky…
By Mike on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
Germany forever!
C.Ronaldo should take some italian lessons on simulations. It was such a gay simulation by him in the second half! Portugal deserved to lose!!!
DEUTSCHLAND!!!
By Americo on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
Nani and Postiga should have been playing from the start. Maybe next time. Now it’s GO Spain, GO.
By Bobby on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
I’ve seen my sister’s football team play better defence on free-kicks than the Portuguese did. Klose was onside by a mile, and the commentators did mention later on in the replays that Ballack gave the chap a little shove from behind but that still doesn’t excuse the fact that Portgual played horrendously. And Cristiano Ronaldo being a little twat and faking being stomped on? He should’ve been carded for that twattery.
By crazy4chelsea on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
ballack is on fire!!!
By DenDikkeLu on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
I’d quite like the Portuguese team, were it not for drama queen Ronaldo. As it stands: hup hup Germany
By Stella on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
Schweinsteiger is an Animal! Great performance by Germany… Sorry Portugal but your defense was lacking and you were out played by the germans bigggggg time.
By Stella on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
Oh by the way… Ronaldo needs to take some acting lessons if he wants to perfect his diving skills… I think everyone seen thru his dramatic performance… so not cool.
By halogene on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
are you fucking nuts? there was someone else offside but klose. you are fucking dumb….you dont know anything about football
By Sentinel on Jun 22, 2008 | Reply
Yeah… the Dutch… the Dutch are going home now. No power, no resolve
By PT fan on Jun 22, 2008 | Reply
Portugal lost because we didnt play well, and mainly because the refereer missed the push by Ballack, without that goal it would have been 2-2.
So 2-2 with Portugal playing badly, guess what could have been when playing good?
Portugal was superior because of these facts.
By Nederlandman16 on Jun 24, 2008 | Reply
no you idiot. look at klose whe the ball is played. he’s onside by a mile.
C. Ronaldo is ridiculous. the refs should start handing out yellows for diving again.