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FULL TIME: GERMANY 3-1 PORTUGAL. |
| 90 |
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Portugal have battled on until the final whistle - they deserved that goal. |
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GERMANY 3-1 PORTUGAL. Figo's brilliant cross is headed home by NUNO GOMES - the delivery was so good he couldn't miss. |
| 87 |
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Neuville tries to flick Hitzlsperger's teasing cross goalwards but his effort flies wide. |
| 86 |
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Portugal carry on attacking in search of a consolation goal. |
| 85 |
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Ronaldo drags another effort just wide. |
| 83 |
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Kahn makes another great save from Ronaldo's 35-yard swerving free-kick. |
| 81 |
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Portugal have been taught a lesson in clinical finishing by the Germans since the interval. |
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Klinsmann immediately brings Schweinsteiger off - Thomas Hitzlsperger replaces him. |
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Schweinsteiger is booked for his celebrations. |
| 78 |
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GERMANY 3-0 PORTUGAL. Another great strike by SCHWEINSTEIGER with his right foot - but again Ricardo should have done better. |
| 77 |
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Kahn is forced to punch Ronaldo's drive away, Portugal have had some good chances to score in this game. |
| 77 |
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Figo does indeed come on for the lamentable Pauleta. |
| 75 |
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Figo looks as though he's about to come on - in what is likely to be his farewell appearance for his country. |
| 73 |
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Portugal, to their credit, carry on attacking, although Kahn easily gathers Ronaldo's cross. |
| 71 |
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A second German change - Podolski off and Mike Hanke on. |
| 69 |
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Another Portugal change - Nuno Gomes for Nuno Valente. |
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Simao's cross is acrobatically cleared by Nowotny. |
| 67 |
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Germany are unlikely to throw this game away and Portugal, unless they win a penalty, aren't going to score. |
| 65 |
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Klinsmann brings on Oliver Neuville for Klose. |
| 62 |
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Kahn does well to keep Deco's shot out. |
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GERMANY 2-0 PORTUGAL. Schweinsteiger drills a free-kick into the danger area and the unfortunate PETIT deflects the ball past Ricardo. |
| 61 |
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Ferreira is booked for tripping Podolski. |
| 59 |
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Lahm thunders a dipping right-footed volley just over the bar. |
| 58 |
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The ball moved in the air but Ricardo, in retrospect, should have done better. |
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GERMANY 1-0 PORTUGAL. A brilliant strike by SCHWEINSTEIGER who cuts inside, past two defenders, before unleashing a shot that leaves Ricardo grasping at thin air. |
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Another woeful dive by Ronaldo - he's going to have a difficult season with opposition fans wherever he plays. |
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Pauleta, true to form, fires a weak shot straight at Kahn. |
| 51 |
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Simao's free-kick doesn't come down quickly enough and fails to trouble Kahn. |
| 50 |
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Maniche wins a free-kick on the edge of the area after his surging run from midfield is ended by Schweinsteiger. |
| 48 |
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Ferreira's cross-cum-shot causes no-one any anxiety as it curls away from goal. |
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Portugal have made one change at the interval - Armando Petit is on for Costinha. |
| 46 |
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Germany get the second half underway. |
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HALF TIME: GERMANY 0-0 PORTUGAL. |
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Portugal have edged the first half but, as ever, they lack punch up front. |
| 45 |
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Ronaldo goes on a tricky slaloming run but spoils it all by throwing himself to the ground on the edge of the area - his reputation goes before him and the referee waves play on. |
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Ballack stifles a yawn on the bench - it's not been that bad. |
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It's not been a bad half, but it's time for some goals or even one goal now. |
| 39 |
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Philipp Lahm skips to the byline, but his cross is plucked out of the air by Ricardo. |
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Deco has two corners in quick succession - the first is terrible but the second should result in a goal. Simao misses a header when completely unmarked in front of goal. |
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More pretty passing by Portugal - until they get to the edge of the German area when the move breaks down. |
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Frings batters Germany's latest free-kick way over the bar. |
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Another Portuguese booking - Costinha for hauling Kehl back. |
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A rare Portugal chance - a good move ends with Deco turning and drifting a shot high and wide. |
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Another German free-kick wasted - this time Schenider drifting his effort over the bar - very poor. |
| 29 |
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Schweinsteiger, who's had a poor tournament, sees his free-kick from a promising position easily headed clear by the Portuguese defence. |
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Klose wins another free-kick, although it looked like a dive. |
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From the resulting free-kick Lukas Podolski's fierce drive is parried by Ricardo. |
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Ricardo Costa hauls Klose back - an obvious booking. |
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Ronaldo hasn't done much so far - although his every touch is once again greeted with a chorus of boos and whistles. |
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Ricardo is forced to tip Kehl's long-range lob over the bar for a corner. |
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Portugal have dominated the last ten minutes after Germany's early flurries. |
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It's a surprisingly entertaining game so far, considering there's nothing really at stake. |
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Portugal have suddenly stepped up two gears and look quite a good side going forward - without a cutting edge though. |
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Pauleta suddenly finds himself completely free inside the area - but is unable to beat Kahn when a goal seemed certain. |
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Deco - obviously aware that his side has no forwards of note - fires his free-kick from an impossible angle straight at Kahn. |
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Portugal have finally settled though - they're coming more in to the game. |
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Ronaldo sets up Simao - whose cross drifts out of play - there was no Portugal player in the penalty area anyway. |
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Frings turns and twists and turns again but his weak shot fails to trouble Ricardo. |
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Miroslav Klose drags a shot just wide - it's a bright start by Germany though. |
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Frings brings down Deco - and is booked. |
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Portugal haven't got out of their own half yet - maybe they're playing for penalties. |
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An early chance for Germany as Sebastian Kehl's shot is deflected for a corner - the hosts think they should have a penalty for handball - but the referee waves play on. |
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Schweinsteiger hacks down Cristiano Ronaldo to the fans' delight. |
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Germany start the game as favourites - Portugal haven't looked like scoring in their last two matches. |
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Jens Nowotny is a late replacement for Robert Huth who was injured in the warm-up. |
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Portugal get the penultimate game of the tournament underway. |
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Portugal have Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Costa and Simao Sabrosa starting instead of Ricardo Carvalho, Luis Miguel and Luis Figo who all played in the semi-final defeat to France. |
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Jurgen Klinsmann makes five changes to the side that lost to Italy - Oliver Kahn, Marcell Jansen, Robert Huth, Torsten Frings and Bastian Schweinsteiger replacing Jens Lehmann, Arne Friedrich, Per Mertesacker, Michael Ballack and Tim Borowski. |
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Germany face Portugal in Stuttgart for the distinction of finishing third at the 2006 World Cup. |
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