Date: 19-06-2008
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: BASEL
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Schweinsteiger, Ballack, Podolski
MATCH SUMMARY
Thursday, 19 June 2008, 20:45
St. Jakob Park, Basel
Attendance: 39 374
Meteo: Cloudy, mild, 18 °C
GERMANY
Jens Lehmann (c)
Arne Friedrich
Per Mertesacker
Christoph Metzelder
Philipp Lahm
Simon Rolfes
Michael Ballack
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Miroslav Klose
Lukas Podolski
Coach: Joachim Löw (GER)
59′ ↓Michael Ballack ↑Tim Borowski
70′ ↓Miroslav Klose ↑Lukas Jansen
78′ ↓Philipp Lahm ↑Clemens Fritz
PORTUGAL
Ricardo
José Bosingwa
Pepe
Ricardo Carvalho
Paulo Ferreira
Petit
João Moutinho
Cristiano Ronaldo
Deco
Simão
Nuno Gomes (c)
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari (POR)
60′ ↓Simão ↑Hélder Postiga
65′ ↓Deco ↑Nani
82′ ↓Petit ↑Raul Meireles
Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (SWE)
Goals:
24′ Bastian Schweinsteiger GER
28′ Miroslav Klose GER
40′ Cristiano Ronaldo POR
60′ Michael Ballack GER
70′ Hélder Postiga POR
Match overview
Germany secured a thrilling 3-2 win over Portugal in the quarter-final of Euro 2008, marking their first semi-final appearance since 1996. Schweinsteiger opened the scoring, Klose doubled the lead just before half-time. Ronaldo pulled one back, but Ballack restored the two-goal advantage early in the second half. Postiga’s late strike made it nervy, but Germany held on.
Trivia
This match featured four different scorers and was the last game coached by Scolari in a major tournament with Portugal. It was also Klose’s second goal of the tournament, helping him rise among the competition’s top scorers.
