Euro 2010: Germany - Portugal

Germany - Portugal

Wuppertal, 10/September/2010, 21h, 2500 attendees

Referees: Gianni Fermi (Ita) and Carlos Bifet (Spa)

Initial formation of teams:

Germany: Sebastian Wilk, Mark Wochnik, Liam Hages, Thomas Haupt and Jens Behrendt
Portugal: Ricardo Silva, Reinaldo Ventura, Valter Neves, Ricardo Barreiros and Luis Viana

03,30 0-0 Germany plays dinamic with the strong support of its public
05,05 0-1 Reinaldo Ventura
09,20 Penalty for Portugal. Luís Viana 0-2
11,00 0-2 Very fast game, with Germany opposing very well
13,48 0-3 Ricardo Oliveira
16,35 0-4 Ricardo Oliveira

Half-time: 0-4 (faults 5-3)

Fast game with opportunities for both teams. Portugal is taking profit of some defensive errors of Germany in well developed counter-attacks.

21,30 0-5 Ricardo Oliveira
26,00 0-5 Portugal calming down the game, to control.
29,00 0-5 Germany trying to mark. Two good opportunities for Kai Hovelman, but Silva opposing well
31,27 0-6 Luís Viana
35,15 Good opportunity for Germany, but Silva defends
36,19 1-6 Jens Behrendt
39,42 Direct kick (10th fault) for Germany. Behrendt misses.
39,52 Direct kick for Portugal. Ventura misses.

Final score: Germany 1 Portugal 6

Clear victory of Portugal, against a dinamic team of Germany, opposing very well. Ricardo Silva defended almost everything.

Portugal - Spain tomorrow in Final, at 21h




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