Euro 2008: POR vs GER

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Quote by BBCGermany face a double injury setback with Torsten Frings and Lukas Podolski struggling to be fit to face Portugal in Thursday's Euro 2008 quarter-final.

Holding midfielder Frings is a major doubt with fractured ribs, while Podolski has a calf problem.

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is likely to pick his strongest team after making eight changes in his side's final group game against Switzerland.

Nuno Gomes will lead the attack with Cristiano Ronaldo and Simao supporting.

Armando Petit and Joao Moutinho will anchor the midfield with Deco in the playmaker role, while Jose Bosingwa, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe and Paulo Ferreira make up the back four in front of goalkeeper Ricardo.

None of the players who came in for the 2-0 defeat against Switzerland made sufficient impact to break into Scolari's starting line-up.

Asked if he had considered changes for the German match, Scolari said: "I could, but I'm not going to change anything. In principle it will be the same team."

Germany coach Joachim Low insisted his backroom staff would do everything in their power to ensure Frings starts.

"Since Torsten is such an important player for our team, our medical staff will exhaust all possibilities to get him fit," said Low.

"The decision about if he plays against Portugal will only come on Thursday."

Frings sustained the injury during the second-half of Germany's 1-0 win over Austria on Monday.

Podolski picked up his problem in the same game and his absence would be a huge blow as he has scored three of the Germans' four goals in the tournament.

"He definitely won't train on Tuesday and it's going to be tight for Thursday," said Low.

"The medical department will do everything they can to get him fit but he had real problems in the second half against Austria."

Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was suspended against Austria, could earn a starting role against the Portuguese.

The pitch in Basel for the game has been relaid after heavy rain and Germany have decided not to train on the St Jakob Park turf the day before the game.

"It was entirely our decision to forego the session," said German Football Association spokesman Stephan Brause.
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Portugal should win!
simao is so shit, plz get quaresma
Simao's better than Quaresma.
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quaresma is awesome
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Quaresma if he ever played to his full potential then would be much better then Simao but that's never going to happy. He's FAR too inconsistant, and his performances for portugal have been pretty poor, and hasn't really done anything whenever he's come on late for portugal apart from a goal which c.ronaldo made for him :P.
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oh yeah baby.

but yermany haz to win :)
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flick ftw
2 - 1 Germany, Portugal look good but I hate half their players so come on Germanyyyyyy.
Germany 2:1 we will return!
i trust in the german power =P
I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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3:2
I LOVE YOU MAN! XD
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Joachim Low...
he is called Joachim Löw.. just type Loew.
maybe first penaltys this championships....
bibuy yermany

2:0 for portugal
bibuy turkey soon :D
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bibuy turkey soon :D
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go ger loose plz
back to the soviet union pls
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what kind of gangster slang is this?
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2-0
gomez
oh plz gomez cant score from 0,1111 meters from the goal :D
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but now his time starts
he is one of the most talented strikers
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he still has to convince me. I dont follow bundisliga ; O
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woop woop! that's the sound of da police!
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if germany plays as shitty as vs. austria i doubt they can do it :(

but hopefully they won't, going out to some biergarten, weather is awesome so they HAVE to win ;)
if they defend like against austria they wont get a goal
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do you really think you can compare austrias forwards with the portuguese ones? i don't.
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learn to read...
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you don't get my point. if germany defends on a level of "med" against strikers of austria who are "low", then it will be harder for germany if they also defend with "med" against "high" portuguese strikers.

so you can't say "if they defend like against austria they wont get a goal" imo

but i don't care so let's spread some <3
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GO PORTUGAL!
2-0 Portugal
if Portugal gets eliminated then it's easy bash for Netherlands to win euro2008
Germany vs. Netherlands would be my dream final ^^
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not rly ;)
but was a nice game!
how are you? <3
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bb portugal
hello final Deutschland
3-1 win for portugal...


1-0 by deco, 2-0 by gomes, after that its getting close because Neuville will score the 2-1 (a real german goal) but after that gomes will strike again to put the final score on the board.
3:0 Ger np ^^
we have to improve a lot to beat portugal but we can do it.
i agree with u.
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Don't understand Portugal at all.

Why is Simao playing ahead of Quaresma, or even Nani for that matter?

And why the fuck is Paulo Ferreira in the national team? He's even playing him out of position ffs!!

Think Podolski and Frings will be missed by the Yermans, as Frings allows Ballack to get forward and attack, and Gomez isn't good enough to replace Podolski as his form during the tourney has been poor.

Portugal 2 - 0 Germany
quaresma is good but still to young to paly in such important matches... all he is thinking is dribbling and shooting :X
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2:¨0 por
image: 9ka26f

Look it's the one and only vAp !
Por wins with 3-1
should be easy for portugal, 2-0
Portugal, obviously.
nazi, ban
bcause its a part of the old nazi germany anthem afaik
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Germans still useing last part of this song, as their official anthem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandlied
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malcziks one is not the last part as you can see
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failed. this song was the official anthem in 1945 during the 2nd ww
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so it was in the weimar republic already
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U, sir, have no idea.
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You, Sir, have replied to my comment.
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i knew this. Just wrote that same song, but only last part is still useing by Germans.
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If you dont know shit simply dont post. Thank you.
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No, Mr. Bundeswehr T5!
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Couldn't care much!
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this anthem is older than nazism and the first two strophes are not forbidden at all :C
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i know but the one including his part was forbidden after the nazifail
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nope its still allowed but not sung anymore
deutschland deutschland über alles is meant in other context anyway
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kk..thought it was forbidden because it could be interpreted as racist
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most national anthems could be interpreted as racist or agressive

the not sung part just means that the unity of germany is more important than the lil fights between the german states so it has nothing to do with racism and just got used in a bad and different way
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no, in fact it is not illegal nowadays but only not part of the hymn anymore. it was illegal though in the nazi-time.

edit: im wrong in this(although i remember some history teacher of mine insisting in this), indeed it was misused, although it being the song of the german democracy movement fighting against feudalism in the 19century.
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go go go Germany! :)I hope German team will beat them:P
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Russians are still using the USSR tune...
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ger 2:1 por
izi bash for portugal teamwork + individual skills> this strange country where 50% of population are imigrants
portugal teamwork?lol
50% ofc
if i would have said that, i would have been called a nazi fo shore
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USA and Australia have like 99,9 % immigrants. :(
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Portugal has prolly more immigrants playing for them than Germany has...
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Germany =)
Portugal ofc
2:0
GOGO C RONALDO
np for portugal
6:5 for Germany with penalties!
GO GERMANY DESTROY THOSE FAGGETS
Will do,Sir.
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izi for Portugal <3
Portugal3-1Anonymous

COME ON YOU TUGAS!!
HAHAHAHHAHHA
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HELLO HELLO HELLO

SCHLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND
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if 50% would be for real, you will see the problem. even 25% here (hi russians) is quite a big problem.
If Germany somehow get Frings and Podolski fit, Germany will win 2-1. If they don't both play, Portugal will win 2-1.
Go Portugal!
2:2, then 3:2 for Germany:P
almost >:DDD<3
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think germany will have lucky day, and por wil fail
2-1 for Portugal for sure.
Played twice OC premium.
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great, isnt it
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I hope that Portugal win <o/ will be a exciting game.
Portugal to win 2-1 or after some random prolongation
Does Belgium is involved in this EC?
Portugal should win!
PORPORPORRRRRRRR
GermanS this night WE DINE IN HELL !
3:2 !
Ok, I talked shit. Frings won't play, but would be able to afaik.
1-2 Germany

Cristiano Ronaldo will cry like a baby (again)
izi loss for germany

ronaldo will miss penalty anyway:D
Portugal 3 : 1 Germany

oO wrong :S
germany forfeited.. they going to watch mpg
Germany 2 - 0 Portugal
better performance from Germany than in the last matches so far
1-0 YEAH FUCK OFF PORTUGESE. DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES
1:0 germany :)))))
we own them
What a nice goal, Germany 1:0
CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
CCEEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERSSSSSSSSSS


OMGGGGGGG
2:0 owned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
porfl 2-0
wtf is goin on ?
HAHA C RONALDO CAN I SEE YOU CRYING AGAIN :D
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
with simao and nuno gomes, portugal will never win omg
i wanna see hugo almeida and quaresma!
:DDDd
keep your cameras ready for some ronaldo @ tears pix !!
So nice game 8D
rofl this sweinsteiger

prototype german fag:D
he isnt so bad! xD
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best player 1st half tbh
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he was good, but still a dick
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hehe its his uglyness that ake shim not likeable
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2:1 !!!!!!!!!111111111111111



two more gogogoggo
upsa. So unlucky :/
portugal need koto and kmt to win this match !!!
portugal at epic fail keep it up plx
yay! see NL laterz
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idd :DDDD 3-1 so far
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Ronaldo is still the worst actor ever.
HOT NEWS: Bosingwa looks like mongol

3:1 :<
portugal will take it
Heh ger
3:1 =))))
GET IN...

FUCK OFF RONALDO U WANKEER
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BALLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



BIBUY POR!
NAAA :CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
go portugal !
semi final :) =)=))
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
SEMI FINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
im for spain, but sad por didnt win
as i predicted, referee sucked ass
SCHLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND
like i said 3:2 for Germany!!! I am great ;)
no way mister ;) abra cadabra and i know all:)
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after we beat gipsies we will win against yermans again
:)) ger gg , por wp ;))
cu ronaldo, fucking dickhead
gaylord in person -.- he cries me a river!

SCHLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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first half...ronaldo went down, small check where the referee is looking and then doing dramaqueen once again...priceless
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ballack was acting like a fucking whiny bitch after getting "held back" by pepe aswell, was he confused about his nationality or something?
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I was being sarcastic! :P
spain will still whip german's ass if they get to final, no matter wut!
or netherlands, with spain they are the best at this moment
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it's soccer... anything can happen. Holland might as well lose this saturday. You simply never know.
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that true, but the best football comes from netherlands and spain in what i saw the 3 matches
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Russia played a very good match against Sweden yesterday as well. They have a few weak spots here and there but their attacks looked very well thought out and smooth.

But yeah, spain and holland have been portraying the better games so far.
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portugal was rated top before this match aswell
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true, but somehow they never got their TP going. especially the strikers of portugal seemed to be playing solo most of the time, which eventually cost them.
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that is a lil bit old i think. Atm in germany is around 2,6 mln of Turkey ppl. ;)
He is right. Not even 9 per cent.

QuoteLaut Statistischem Bundesamt wohnen hierzulande knapp sieben Millionen Menschen(6,74 Mio Stand Ende 2007), die keinen deutschen Pass besitzen - das ist etwas weniger als 2006. Die meisten von ihnen stammen aus Europa und halten sich bereits seit Jahren in Deutschland auf.
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okey, but i was talking about Turkish ppl in Germany. On this pic u can see there is only 1,8 mln and it is wrong coz atm in Germany living around 2,6 mln Turkish ppl. Check Wikipedia if u dont belive me :)
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w00t, owned the Portugese prancing queens :D

SIEG!!!
Terrible referee :c
true, his third and last match :d
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he suxed IMO
luckily we still won, so we dont need to complain about him.
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yah, he was pretty blind.
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gg wp GER
I say ger 3 portugal 2
the referee might aswell run into the box and score a goal himself for germany, what does it matter how he gives them a goal
image: ronaldo-crying

image: _44763648_ronaldodefeat_getty

HAHA,

FUCK OFF RONALDO YOU GREASY HAIRED PRICK
mwahahaha, crybaby ftw
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First pic is from WC?
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no it's not... just see the logo on his sleeve...
Euro 2004 :/
i see u r not as good observer as u think...
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OH NO FUCKING SHOOT ME
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The first pic always brings a smile to my face!
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hihih! same here especially today, when he went out of stadium, so xou couldnt see his girly tears again.

glad to meet you in Finals mr.!
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Would be a nice final idd :)
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yeah, same here ;-)
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SCHLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNDDDD!!!!!
YERMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANY
gg germany , imo portugese were better.
DECOOOOOOOO :o
ur sure uve seen the right match?
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i'm sure portugal would beat germany in 11vs11
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who was missin or got red? soz. watched the game but didnt see tbh.
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well the referee played for germany which kinda won the game for them, was kinda 12 vs 11
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LOL

In which situations? The ridiculous yellow card after Ronaldos acting or the non-given fouls by the Portuguese? Or the non-off-side on German side.

PLZ
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tbh ballack the fucking retard pushed the guy and the goal wasn't right. and someone of germany had to get red. so it was 2-2. and there was 1 offside for portugal but it wasn't offside so 3-2 portugal. but care germany played better tbh.
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Not really...that are just random excuses, which aren't true.
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I am not portugese and don't really care about both teams so why are you talking about excuses ? can't I give my opinion ?
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Of course you can. Did anyone doubt that? It doesn't change the wrongness.
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disagree, i think ref did a good job this match, didn't give freekicks everytime ronaldo or one of their other great actors went down

and no, i'm not german
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He gave an offside, which could have been a goal for us, but wasn't one. (33th minute)

And the distance shot of Podolski was closer at the goal as any portugal shot, so I think it would be more earned.
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gtfo you won OC be happy
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You must joking...
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the referees should have a final between themselves aswell, who makes the most mistakes in 1 game
deserved win by germany
well tbh the best team lost i thought we were better all around and the statistics shows that.

poor refering all around also. its becoming an habit for the refs in this tournament.

but germany were better at there finishing and you cant argue with that.

congratz germany and gl.

(ronaldo is still the best player in the world)
1 goal of Portugal disallowed while it was no offside!
Ballack's goal should've been disallowed!

Indeed, the best team lost :(
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penalty against nuno gomes in the first half.
lahm's fault on simao should of been a red.

but indeed the best team lost
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Same for Germany. (Offside)

/edit
ref made many mistakes, but on both sides. quite equal.
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In favor of germany man...
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never thought you would be that in objective. sure failures of referees at both sides, but it has been since beginning of EC. so why talk like that?

disapointing..
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Did I say something wrong? Except for the German goals, I would say Portugal had the better chances and had more field & ball possession. Nothing to do with judging objective and there's no reason why you should be disappointed in my opinion :D
Can I cheer you up? :)
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haha, such a sore loser mav :D
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if you think what i said its wrong feel free to tell me.
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You're wrong.
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You're first line. The stats may show all they like but the Germans were alot classier, had better finishing and played better football when they had it.
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have to desagree we played the best football, our marking let us down.
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The Germans had a perfect tactic. Portugal couldn't perform their strengths in any minute. I can't understand how u can say Portugal played better in this match.
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thx mr scot
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i shed a tear for you niggers, but ronaldo best player ? i wanna see maradonna, or zidane maybe he is still too young, but he needs to grow strong cock
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The level of the referees is really a disaster. But they made mistakes on both sides. It was definitely a deserved win for the yermans.
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sure bad referee...the yellow card for lahm was such a mistake.
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No, have u watched another match? And not to mention the not correct offside decision, when Hitzlsberger was free in front of the goal keeper.
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no, that portugal guy knocked down lahm which was a clear yellow card. lahm just tried everything to keep the ball. the way he did it wasn't correct aswell maybe, but it was the portugal guy who did the first foul.

next mistake was the foul at lehmann 5 minutes before the end, yellow card aswell...or the ellbow check versus klose in the first half.

you should'nt blame the referee, blame your team.

but ronaldo was funny once again. falling down, small check where the referee is looking and then doing the dramaqueen once again.
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i was desapointed with that i must admit but what about decos goal? what about the penalty vs nuno gomes?
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penalty? deco's goal?
you sir, watched the wrong match...
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right back at yah
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anyway.
you win a match when you score more goals than your opponent. germany did that. rest = siro care.
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não vale a pena..mesmo..o que eles queriam vêr era o C.R a perder, não Portugal têm todos dor de cotovelo..omg
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ronaldo sucks balls
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you've played very well and you are one of the best teams in europe
but PLS ronaldo is just a fag, he playes very well true, but every second metre he has to do a dive...
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yes i saw the same match.
Yea, I'm jealous of a player that just doesn't cut it. :(
3:2 as i predicted it ;>
izi bash for Germany !!
You predicted a 3:2,? Respect man :p me was 1:0 for Portugese :(
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holy shit I almost died in the last 7 minutes :DDDD
same here :-D i was just stunned! Great and perfekt game by Germans!
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FICKI FICKI DEUTSCHLAND TRICKY FICKI FICKI
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TRICKY FICKY BUT OWNED IDD! :D
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np hahaha^^
FINAAAAAAAAAAAALEEEEEEEEEEEE OHOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FInAAAAAAAAAALEEEEE OOOOOOOOHOOOOOHOOOO
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LoL wow where's this worlds best player? OH WAIT LOL
Wenn die Türken gewinnen und dann im Halbfinale gegen uns verlieren, brauchen wir nen paar mio Polizisten und Gefängnisplätze.

We should pray that croatia wins!
funny... not
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Bischen zu krass deine Anshicht, finde ich... Wenn die Türken gewinnnen, dann sollte es genau so ein Speil sein wie wenn wir gegen die Kroaten spielen würden... Den Schluss zu ziehen dass Türken aggressiver sind als Kroaten ist für mich einfach nur falsch, selbst FALLS die KROATEN uns das Gegenteil beweisen hat dass nichts zu sagen und erst rechts nicht an deiner Argumentation zu rechtfertigen... Btw: Absolut keine Kritik gegen dich.. Nur meine Meinung zu diesem Thema
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vl sind die türken nicht aggressiver und randalen wird es sowieso geben. Aber es gibt in Deutschland nurmal wesentlich mehr Türken als Kroaten und meine Erfahrung zeigt, dass es nicht die friedlichen sind, die zu uns auswandern.
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Trotzdem wäre es die falsche Reaktion gegen Türken/Kroaten verschärfte Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu treffen weil wir einfach nicht dass Recht haben, gegen Leute die innerhaklb unserer Gesellschaft leben, bzw. die einfach nur ihr "Volk" anfeuerrn" wollen irgendwie mit Sicherheitskräften vorgehen zu wollen.... Auch Deutsche sind in Österreich und auch wir wir wurden gerne empfangen und auch mit uns wurden (totz Österreichischer Niederlage) gerne gefeiert... Vllt. sollten wir uns einfach mal ein Beispiel an österreichischer/schweizerischer Integritär nehmen und nicht immer an den Tatsachen festhalten die wir einfach nur aus der Vergangenheit erlebt haben........
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Ich halte Verschärfte Sicherheitsvorkehrungen bei einem Deutschland - Türkei spiel für so dringend erforderlich, wie bei manchen Spielen von Dynamo Dresden(oder war es nen anderer Verein in nem neuen Bundesland?). Es gibt einfach Vereine mit mehr Gewaltbereiten fans und welche mit weniger.
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Da hast du auf jedenfall Recht, aber totzdem schauen wir doch mal der Realität mal ins Auge: Wir (Deutschland) haben atm mehr Angst vor den Kroaten als vor den Türken ;)
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Wir schaffen beide!
(das hab ich nachm Argentinienspiel auch gesagt und da gings nach hinten los)
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I missed the first 30 mins, damn the trains!

Germany enforced their weaknesses, Portugal did not. the better team tactically won no doubt. But in terms of possesion/shots on goal Im not sure, Portugal probably took that - but at around 70mins a stat popped up with how much people had ran during the match. top 3 for PT were Deco with 9500m and then the next two had 8000/7000 Ballack had 9950 for Germany and the next two had like 9500/9300 - seems they worked hard.
12 km's?! owned again :P
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another one: how could lehman ran 4,3 km's ???
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when you are bored you can also walk between posts, so he walked 4,8km
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when doesn't Portugal not fail in the big cups?
Sad, but it looks we will see yerman in final :(
2-1 was a fairer scoreline. Ballack's blatant shove on Ferreira was a bit cheap IMO. How the fuck can Scolari see it so clearly yet the ref was incapable?

I agree that the Germans were the better team overall, but that ref isn't fit to officiate big games like this.
thnx germany!!! now NL is going to win this shit!! :dd:DD:d:dD:d;dD:d:d
hh, poor portugal, gl germany vs croatia (again) ;]
germany vs turkey i hope xD
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we will se today! ;]
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at least these portugees fucks got there deserved lost.

You can see they always irritate there enemy and when they get a body check back they go down and crying like a kid.

Ronaldo has a great technic, but is a bad footballer in total, lying down and crying is all he can when they are losing.
OWNED BABY !!!!!

Ronaldo is a fucking puss, could rather be an actress.

FINALE OOOOOOOOH
ggs GER, bybye POR
Euro 08 reminds me of WC 02. A lot of referee mistakes :<
nubs pwned by gestapo
So funny how those guys blame the ref, just because the nazis won, seriously gtfo.
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