Football
Germany vs Portugal. FIFA World Cup 3rd/4th Play-Off.
8:00pm, Saturday 8th July 2006.
German Football AssociationAttendance: Attendance52,000.
Match ends, Germany 3, Portugal 1.
Second Half ends, Germany 3, Portugal 1.
Deco (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sebastian Kehl (Germany).
Fernando Meira (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oliver Neuville (Germany).
Goal! Germany 3, Portugal 1. Nuno Gomes (Portugal) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luís Figo with a cross.
Offside, Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Oliver Neuville (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Thomas Hitzlsperger with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Simão.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Maniche.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Philipp Lahm.
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Torsten Frings (Germany).
Attempt missed. Petit (Portugal) right footed shot from long range on the right misses to the left.
Offside, Portugal. Nuno Gomes is caught offside.
Substitution, Germany. Thomas Hitzlsperger replaces Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Germany 3, Portugal 0. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Oliver Neuville.
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Gomes.
Substitution, Portugal. Luís Figo replaces Pauleta.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Jens Nowotny.
Foul by Simão (Portugal).
Oliver Neuville (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ricardo Costa (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Germany. Mike Hanke replaces Lukas Podolski.
Substitution, Portugal. Nuno Gomes replaces Nuno Valente.
Simão (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany).
Substitution, Germany. Oliver Neuville replaces Miroslav Klose.
Foul by Nuno Valente (Portugal).
Philipp Lahm (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Paulo Ferreira (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miroslav Klose (Germany).
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Torsten Frings.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Oliver Kahn.
Attempt saved. Deco (Portugal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Attempt missed. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Own Goal by Petit, Portugal. Germany 2, Portugal 0.
Paulo Ferreira (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paulo Ferreira (Portugal).
Lukas Podolski (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Philipp Lahm (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Miroslav Klose with a cross.
Goal! Germany 1, Portugal 0. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Kehl.
Offside, Germany. Miroslav Klose is caught offside.
Hand ball by Maniche (Portugal).
Attempt saved. Pauleta (Portugal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Attempt missed. Simão (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Maniche (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Marcell Jansen (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Portugal. Pauleta is caught offside.
Second Half begins Germany 0, Portugal 0.
Substitution, Portugal. Petit replaces Costinha.
First Half ends, Germany 0, Portugal 0.
Attempt missed. Maniche (Portugal) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Attempt blocked. Torsten Frings (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Miroslav Klose.
Deco (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lukas Podolski (Germany).
Attempt missed. Torsten Frings (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Costinha (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Costinha (Portugal).
Sebastian Kehl (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Deco (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Simão.
Simão (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Philipp Lahm (Germany).
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marcell Jansen (Germany).
Attempt missed. Bernd Schneider (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Miroslav Klose (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Bernd Schneider (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Lukas Podolski (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Ricardo Costa (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ricardo Costa (Portugal).
Miroslav Klose (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Christoph Metzelder (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bastian Schweinsteiger following a set piece situation.
Lukas Podolski (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Ricardo.
Attempt saved. Sebastian Kehl (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Deco (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maniche with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Maniche (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Simão.
Attempt saved. Pauleta (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Simão with a through ball.
Marcell Jansen (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jens Nowotny (Germany).
Foul by Deco (Portugal).
Bernd Schneider (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Torsten Frings (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Attempt missed. Miroslav Klose (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Torsten Frings (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Deco (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Bernd Schneider (Germany).
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Nuno Valente.
Attempt blocked. Miroslav Klose (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christoph Metzelder with a headed pass.
Philipp Lahm (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
