Germany fans cheer prior to the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group B match between Denmark and Germany in Lviv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Germany fans cheer prior to the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group B match between Denmark and Germany in Lviv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Netherlands fans are backdropped by a statue of Lenin while standing in the fan zone in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 17, 2012, ahead of the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group D match between the Netherlands and Portugal. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? It's the final day of action in Group B as Germany plays Denmark and the Dutch meet Portugal at the European Championship with two spots in the last eight at stake. Here is a running account of Sunday's action. All times are local to Poland.
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GOAL! PORTUGAL 1, Netherlands 1 (Ronaldo).
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2112: Krohn Dehli nets his second of the tournament and pulls Denmark level. Bendtner meets a deep corner with a header back across goal and into the goalmouth and Krohn-Dehli, who is far from the tallest player on the pitch, is on hand to nod in from close range.
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2111: GOAL! Germany 1, DENMARK 1 (Michael Krohn-Dehli)
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2109: Ronaldo goes close again for Portugal, bringing a good save from the Dutch keeper after nodding the ball at goal from a Nani cross. Portugal looks threatening going forward but are not taking the good chances they are creating.
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2107: Podolski scores on the evening where he wins his 100th cap for Germany. Mueller blasts a low ball across the six yard area, aimed at Gomez. He can't get his strike away though and the ball hits him and spins back to Podolski, who unleashes a vicious strike at goal. The ball goes through the hands of Andersen as he sprawl back across goal. He will feel he could have done better there, but that shot had a lot of pace on it.
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2103: GOAL! GERMANY 1, Denmark 0 (Podolski).
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2059: A great goal, neatly taken by Rafael van der Vaart, who is captain tonight. He receives the ball from Arjen Robben just outside the penalty area and curls a left-footed shot into the far corner of net. Nobody for Portugal was quick enough to close Van der Vaart down and he punished them.
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2056: GOAL! Portugal 0-0 NETHERLANDS 1 (Van Der Vaart)
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2055: Mueller's just missed an incredible chance. Once again, the ball comes over from the left and he finds space near the back post. The ball comes to Mueller from little more than six yards out but he fails to connect with the ball and it's saved by Stephan Andersen.
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2048: Both matches are underway. Germany have a couple of immediate chances through Oezil and Mueller. Mueller had more time than he realized and should have hit the target.
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2030: The Dutch need to win by at least two goals tonight against Portugal. With that in mind, striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar gets his first start of the tournament alongside Robin van Persie. Defensive midfielder Mark van Bommel is left on the bench. Portugal leaves its starting lineup unchanged for the third straight game.
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2025: Tonight's lineups:
GERMANY: Manuel Neuer, Mats Hummels, Phillipp Lahm, Lars Bender, Holger Badstuber, Sami Khedira, Mesut Oezil, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lukas Podolski, Thomas Mueller, Mario Gomez.
DENMARK: Stephan Andersen, Simon Kjaer, Daniel Agger, Simon Poulsen, Lars Jacobsen, William Kvist, Christian Eriksen, Jakob Poulsen, Niki Zimling, Michael Krohn-Dehli, Nicklas Bendtner.
PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio, Bruno Alves, Fabio Coentrao, Joao Pereira, Pepe, Joao Moutinho, Raul Meireles, Nani, Miguel Veloso, Helder Postiga, Cristiano Ronaldo.
NETHERLANDS: Maarten Stekelenburg, Joris Mathijsen, Gregory Van der Wiel, Ron Vlaar, Jetro Willems, Nigel De Jong, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael Van der Vaart, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Arjen Robben, Robin Van Persie.
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