Mind you, we said the same on the equivalent Friday night in June 2004, when a Greece side that had scraped through the group were given not a solitary prayer against the defending champions France. It was made superbly by Reus, who came infield from the right, played a one-two with Klose and then, as defenders converged, shifted it smartly to the right to Ozil. Salpingidis, the beard to be feared, surged down the right onto an excellent stabbed pass from Fotakis and then sidefooted a magnificent low cross between the German defenders and the keeper Neuer. Goals? Change ). Reus has missed another chance. The striker wins a corner but Greece clear - of course only momentarily. 86 min Ozil plays a crisp one-two with Gomez and sidefoots a low shot that isn't held by Sifakis, who then smothers the loose ball just before Gomez gets there. European Championships Quarter-Final. I have no idea what you're talking about. But the goal was always coming, though Greecr will rue being unable to make it into half time with the scores still level. And Greece have scored! Germany deserved to win this game simply because they outclassed Greece in offence, defence and team work rate.

Or, if you're still into that oldfangled reading thing, you can peruse this piece I wrote about him earlier today. 19.43: Probably predictably, the German anthem is given a few jeers at the start. Hello, i think that i noticed you visited my web site thus i came to return the choose?.I’m attempting to in finding issues to improve my site!I guess its adequate to use a few of your concepts!! Philipp Lahm will be making his 13th appearance in a ECh match tonight, equalling the team record by Jurgen Klinsmann and Thomas Hassler. That's it. Very shaky start from the Greeks. THE SECRET SCOUT: Joe Morrell was picked to start for Wales against England by manager Ryan Giggs... the... World's biggest football agency Stellar Group - who arranged Gareth Bale's £90million move to Real Madrid in... Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. 7. He is going to be a revelation. Then you'd better get on YouTube. 36 min Ozil moves smoothly away from two defenders before laying the ball to Khedira, whose thumping 20-yard shot is again deflected and again fumbled by Sifakis. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, 'It's frustrating and bizarre... why can't we get fans back in NOW? Italy and Croatia are second with nine yellow cards. 45min: Schurrle is finding space down that left flank, where he again cuts inside before seeing his shot across goal deflected behind for a corner, which Greece clear. The Real Madrid attacker shoots straight at Sifakis though before the Greek defence clear behind. It was a spirited fight from Greece in the second half, but quality prevailed and the tournament machine that is Germany reaches its fourth consecutive semi-final. The Larry David print is particularly majestic. 71 min Greece make their final substitution, with Nikos Liberopoulous replacing Grigoris Makos. Germany 1-0 Greece (Lahm 39) If you want a job done, get Philipp Lahm to do it. It might have been a harsh decision: Boateng had his back turned to play, although his arm was dangling away from his body. Follow Sportsmail's coverage of Euro 2012 as Germany take on surprise package Greece at the PGE Arena in Gdansk for their quarter-final. See you in 10 minutes for more of the same, or the most dramatic twist since The Crying Game/The Usual Suspects/Fight Club/Turner & Hooch.

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In the stands, German chancellor Angela Merkel is sat next to UEFA president Michel Platini. For the cineistas among you, here's a picture of the Greek coach. Footballia is the first free interactive football video library where you can watch full football matches for free anytime, anywhere. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Don't thank me, thank me. 72min: Credit to Fernando Santos, who at least sends on a striker as Nikos Liberopoulos replaces Grigoris Makos. No.

Sifakis has spilled a few shots tonight; in his defence, the rain-sodden pitch is pretty awkward. That's four changes to the Germany side as Jerome Boateng returns from suspension to take his place in defence while Marco Reus, Andre Schurrle and Miroslav Klose replace Thomas Muller, Mario Gomez and Lukas Podolski. 9 min "If the world turns on its axis and both Greece and England prevail in their quarter-finals," begins David Wall, "would we have a contender for most-negative-game-at-a-major-finals that could rival Switzerland vs. Ukraine at the World Cup in 2006?" ( Log Out /  PLAYER RATINGS: Dominic Calvert-Lewin bullies Wales' defence on his international debut as fellow England... MARTIN KEOWN: Gareth Southgate now has two front threes to choose from as Jack Grealish, Dominic... Jack Grealish brought life to England's monotone football as he helped restore the feel good factor to... 'It's the stuff of dreams': Dominic Calvert-Lewin admits his delight at scoring on his England debut against... 'I'm still in shock to be honest, it'll live with me forever': Conor Coady beams after scoring on... Gareth Southgate's desire to play out from the back is admirable but this 3-4-3 system offers little margin... 'How many warnings can you give? 22 min Greece have done pretty well to restrict Germany to just the one clear chance. It was desperate goalkeeping from Sifakis, who came into no-man's land in an attempt to get to Ozil's inswinging corner from the right.

Half time: Germany 1-0 Greece That was painfully one-sided. After the completion of the group stage on 19 June 2012, eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals (two from each group), which are to be played from 21 to 24 June 2012. Mesut Ozil was a joy to watch.

It was straight at Sifakis but even I can't fault him for not saving that. Time To Hunt "Amy has it!" If not, why not? Play it now. 20.42: So that has put a spanner in the works for Greece, what can we expect in the second half from them? Germany 4-1 Greece (Reus 74) Pick that out! No idea why. After all those misses from the forward players, the captain Lahm decided to get the job done himself. When Germany was pitted against Greece in Friday's quarter-final of Euro 2012, the subtext was obvious. A strike very similar to the one he scored against Costa Rica at the 2006 World Cup. 21.45: So it's Italy or England that will face Germany in the last four and those two of course play on Sunday. 64 min "Ozil shone much brighter at the World Cup," says Amy Hordes. 50 min Fotakis lumps a ball forward towards Gekas, who is literally 40 yards away from the nearest team-mate.

The result was an opportunity for Germany to flex their midfield passing muscle, occasionally culminating inn a through ball or a burst down the wing. When Germany was pitted against Greece in Friday's quarter-final of Euro 2012, the subtext was obvious.

Eh? That's a cracking goal because it looked easier to go with the left foot, and the ball was also at a really awkward height. It almost comes back to Khedira before a couple of Greece defenders put it behind for a corner. 84 min "Goetze, Oezil and Mueller on the pitch..." says Andreas Rieß. Germany Half-time entertainment with Mac Millings. Germany await England or Italy in the semi-finals England could now face Germany in Euro 2012's semi-finals after Miroslav Klose helped Joachim Low's team to a dominant 4-2 win over Greece. Sainsbury's really are doing a 2 for £16 offer on Pampers Active Fit. Head boy: Miroslav Klose doubled Germany's lead with a header. They cannot outplay Germany so their best bet is to hold out from conceding again before launching everything forward in the last five minutes. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 45+1 min Schurrle has been peppering the Greek goal all half and comes closer than ever with a lovely rising shot from the edge of the area that skims the side netting at the near post. "Anything but face this German team in full flow.". Joachim Low's team surprised no one by topping Group B and are heavily fancied to progress ahead of the Greeks who overcame huge odds to finish runners-up in Group A ahead of Russia and Poland. Statgasm of the day Greece's pass-completion in the first half was apparently 46 per cent. says Peter Harmer, a fraction before Dan Davis. "It's Goetzille." "That's exactly who I was thinking of! The formation really is 9-0-1. Jerome Boateng's cross into the box picks out Sami Khedira, who lashes home an unstoppable volley. He floated towards the area, drifted infield past a couple of players on the edge of the box but then drilled his right-footed shot straight at Sifakis, who was able to beat it away. He again fumbles a Khedira shot passed back to him by Ozil, but his alert defence is on hand to once again clear the rebound. Off come Klose and Reus and on come Mario Gomez and Mario Gotze. Very low-key, long-suffering. 5 min I think Greece have had a kick, but I can't recall a specific example. "Greece have wiped the debt out!" 18.50: Hands up, who has gone and stuck their life savings on Germany reaching the semi-finals tonight? Follow Sportsmail's coverage of Euro 2012 as Germany take on surprise package Greece at the PGE Arena in Gdansk for their quarter-final. Khedira receives a bit of treatment and is okay to carry on. 8 min Greece have their first attack, and a meek 25-yarder from Makos is easily saved by Neuer.

From there, the Greeks collapsed, unable to keep up with the pace or passing ability of the Germans. What an amazing twist. Search. Thank you!" They are allowing the Greek centre-backs to have the ball but as soon as the ball is passed anywhere else they are instantly pressing. Gekas and Samaras combine on the counter but the final pass in the box to the Celtic striker is lacking and Neuer comfortably collects. Debido a que el desfase es progresivo y no constante, no se puede ajustar al 100%. Published: 23:00 EDT, 21 June 2012 | Updated: 16:58 EDT, 22 June 2012. ( Log Out /  The chances came much more easily for the Germans then for the Russians though. "He doesn't control, dominate or affect games as much as I had been led to believe." 45+1min: There will be three minutes added on. 14min: A few rough hand tactics from Greece as Girogos Samaras is booked after an unnecessary lunge on Bastian Schweinsteiger. They’re older, less able, and opponents have had the time to study ways to work around the turtle like job that Hellas tries to pull. On social networking travesty Twitter, however, my fellow Guardian writers (sorry, I can't bring myself to use the word Guardianista; no word that ends in '-ista' to describe a group of people is acceptable, right?) Germany move on to face either England or Italy, either of which they are well capable of beating, though numerous individuals will have to step up their game in order to do so.


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