Germany will play the quarter-final against Portugal

We already have the first two matches of the quarterfinals, which will be played on Thursday 19 and Friday 20, respectively.

Germany beat Austria by 0-1 yesterday, sealing his move to the quarter-finals of this European Championship. Austria was a brave team are not frightened by the whole Teutonic, but fell because of a goal by Ballack at the beginning of the second half. The shortcomings of the Austrian team condemned to elimination, like the other host, Switzerland.

Already in the first part of Germany had a few opportunities to enter the ball between the posts, especially one of Mario Gomez, who missed a yard from goal and sent the ball into the sky in a balloon that later had to remove a Austrian defense while his goalkeeper saw them coming.

Mejuto Gonzalez was faithful to the tradition of Spanish referees. If in the last world López Nieto retired drawing more cards than anyone in a World Cup match, the referee Mejuto Gonzalez yesterday expelled the two coaches in the first half. Olé.

Thus, the first cross-quarter-finals will be a Portugal - Germany. Needless to say, the Lusos are favorites, but Germany is and always will be a set hard to beat. So this game promises. What we can see the Thursday 19 by four or online. You do not have this game you can not lose one.

In the other match, which pitted Poland and Croatia, the Croats won 1-0 to the Poles, who was dismissed from the tournament without winning a single game. Croatia won them all, becoming the first team to do it. The second cross-quarter, to be played on the 20th, will feature on Croatia and Turkey. Croatia is a strong favorite to go the semifinals, but be careful, that you can not trust Turkey, and if you tell it to the Czech Republic.

Now play France, Italy, Romania and the Netherlands in what will be a play of heart that can break even in three-way tie for 2 points.

Note: The goal was scored by Croatia Klasnic, a player who underwent a double kidney transplant a little over a year.

The classification of group B of the Euro was finally well:

1. Croatia (9 points)
2 º. Germany (6 points)
3 º. Poland (1 point)
4 º. Austria (1 point)

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