sean_oc16 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 vs Germany vs Portugal 08 June 2012, 2045 CET Venue Arena Lviv, Lviv Capacity:30,000 Previous meetings Euro 2008 - QF - Portugal 2-3 Germany Euro 2000 - GS - Portugal 3-0 Germany Euro 1984 - GS - Portugal 0-0 Germany Preview Germany qualified top of group A with a record of 10W 0D 0L, the only team other than Spain (who only played 8 games) to have a 100% win rate. Portugal qualified second in group H with a record of 5W 1D 2L, and won a play-off with Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-2 on aggregate. Germany warmed-up with a 5-3 loss to Switzerland and a 2-0 victory over Israel. Portugal drew 0-0 with Macedonia and lost to Turkey. German striker Miroslav Klose turns 34 on match day. He has 63 goals in 116 appearances. The national record for goals is 68 held by Gerd Muller. The two teams have met on a total of 16 previous occasions, with Germany winning 8 and Portugal winning 3. Squads/teams [TABLE] [TR] [TD]No.[/TD] [TD]Germany[/TD] [TD=width: 64]Portugal[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD]Manuel Neuer[/TD] [TD]Eduardo[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD]Ilkay Gundogan[/TD] [TD]Bruno Alves[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD]Marcel Schmelzer[/TD] [TD]Pepe[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD]Benedikt Howedes[/TD] [TD]Miguel Veloso[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD]Mats Hummels[/TD] [TD]Fabio Coentrao[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD]Sami Khedira[/TD] [TD]Custodio[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD]Bastian Schweinsteiger[/TD] [TD]Cristiano Ronaldo[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD]Mesut Ozil[/TD] [TD]Joao Moutinho[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD]Andre Schurrle[/TD] [TD]Hugo Almeida[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD]Lukas Podolski[/TD] [TD]Ricardo Quaresma[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD]Miroslav Klose[/TD] [TD]Nelson Oliveira[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD]Tim Wiese[/TD] [TD]Rui Patricio[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD]Thomas Muller[/TD] [TD]Ricardo Costa[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]14[/TD] [TD]Holger Badstuber[/TD] [TD]Rolando[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD]Lars Bender[/TD] [TD]Ruben Micael[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD]Philipp Lahm[/TD] [TD]Raul Meireles[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]17[/TD] [TD]Per Mertesacker[/TD] [TD]Nani[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]18[/TD] [TD]Toni Kroos[/TD] [TD]Silvestre Varela[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]19[/TD] [TD]Mario Gotze[/TD] [TD]Miguel Lopes[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD]Jerome Boateng[/TD] [TD]Hugo Viana[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]21[/TD] [TD]Marco Reus[/TD] [TD]Joao Pereira[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]22[/TD] [TD]Ron-Robert Zieler[/TD] [TD]Beto[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]23[/TD] [TD]Mario Gomez[/TD] [TD]Helder Postiga[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Officials [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Referee[/TD] [TD]Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Assistant referee[/TD] [TD]Frédéric Cano (FRA) , Michael Annonier (FRA)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Additional assistant referee[/TD] [TD]Fredy Fautrel (FRA) , Ruddy Buquet (FRA)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Fourth official[/TD] [TD]Marcin Borski (POL)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Reserve official[/TD] [TD]Marcin Borkowski (POL)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebs Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I admire the germans so much...they're the best team around...but I will be supporting the portuguese like I am from Lisbon! Actually think they'll qualify along with the germans from this group anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Vamos Germany! Yeah, that doesn't work, does it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micado Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Think the Germans will win this game, overall more balanced team imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Germany to win, don't think it will even be that close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedrik Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Germany will rape Portugal. I got 3-1 in my prediction list, but 4-1 of 5-1 wouldn't suprise me either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Deutschland to absolutely batter Portugal. 3-0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I think Germany will win tonight, also think they will win the tournament. Think the Holland/Portugal game is HUGE though, will decide who goes though with Germany i reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Cristiano Ronaldooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ234 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 4-2 win for Germany with Ronaldo's brilliance being in vein. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolsgold Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Who is likely to start up front for Germany? Klose? Gomez? Both? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ234 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 It will only be one of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Klose hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I hope its Klose, had my regular bet of him being tournament top scorer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibra8 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Germany are favourites, but I hope we can get at least a draw tonight. Força Portugal!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Morcego Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 7-0 Germany imho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 You never know with opening games and if Portugal are feeling confident after 20-30 minutes but I expect the Germans to be quite strong and I picked Portugal to finish bottom of the group in the 'make a prediction' thread so need lots of Ronaldo shaking his head to himself and holdind his hands on his hips Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 4-2 win for Germany with Ronaldo's brilliance being in vein. Brilliance the new heroin, eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted June 9, 2012 Administrators Share Posted June 9, 2012 Portugal: Patrício, Alves, Pepe, Coentrão, Pereira, Veloso, Moutinho, Meireles, Nani, Ronaldo, Postiga Germany: Neuer, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Boateng, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Özil, Müller, Podolski, Gomez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Can we put the times in BST please? since 90% of the users actually use this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Gomez starting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 KO in 45 minutes. Strongest German team, then. Hoped Klose would start, actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 King Klose not starting. Germany bound to lose with that buffon Gomez upfront but mind you, they probably won't need him to score when they have that goalscoring ability from their midfield (Poldi, Muller, Ozil, Schweini). Gutted for Miro EDIT - Mertesacker not playing Very strong lineup there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedave Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I don't mind Redknapp but he's an awful pundit. Basically everything he says is 'top side, top players'. Pretty much what he normally says though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Morcego Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Hope Germany lose, the 'our cup' banner in the ECL final was so arrogant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Seeker Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I think thet've found the perfect role for Shearer on MOTD. He's fantastic as the cheeky chappy pitch side reporter. Love his little grin when Jakes talking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Nani starting then. Was supposed to be a doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted June 9, 2012 Administrators Share Posted June 9, 2012 Don't think Portugal are as good as considered, backing Germany to win both halves. Will doubtless be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Morcego Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Ozil needs a kip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre168 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Down with the Germans . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Half the German team not singing their anthem. LYNCH THEM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astafjevs Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 The German national anthem is great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klimowicz Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Half the German team not singing their anthem. LYNCH THEM I noticed it was the naturalized players too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Mourinho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Ronaldo's hair makes me want to puke. So... greasy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Morcego Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Half the German team not singing their anthem. LYNCH THEM Because half of them aren't German Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Bayern vs Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 You have German nationality, you're German Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedave Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I don't like Portugal's midfield. All seem to similar. Needs a Rui Costa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Good early effort there. Gomez might actually do something in this game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 My commentator cannot pronounce Coentrao. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubos Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Gomez gonna score tonight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Disgraceful fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Is this Piggy's first game since the CL final? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerokus Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Oh shut the hell up Lawrenson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Oh great. Power gone. ****ing brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Morcego Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 what a waste Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 What a terrible ball from Pepe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Morcego Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 thought we had a red card then lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klimowicz Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 hahaha keeper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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