Do not remember many long injuries the 2 half for all that extra time this was a smash and grab from us today
About to watch at least the first half of the game on the DVR. Missed it due to work. Awesome to see them go through to the final. F.P.F seem to be deep in young talent. Got to give it to the Portuguese clubs' academies.
Germany it is then as they have just beaten the Dutch 2-1 2-0 at half time. They very disciplined and organised and very good at pressuring the man on the ball.
Only caught the highlights from the other SF, but they were very lopsided. Germany scored twice in the opening eight minutes and fired three more shots off the bar/post (though two were part of the same attack). The Dutch had a couple tame shots right at the GK and then a loose-ball goal from a FK that when under the GK. I'm guessing the expected goal tally was more lopsided than the final score. Germany's direct approach when attacking could be a nightmare for Portugal - more like how Italy found success whereas Spain always seemed to want to pass until the perfect opportunity arose.
Portugal: Diogo Costa; Diogo Dalot, Diogo Queirós, Diogo Leite, Abdu Conté; Florentino Luís, Vítor Ferreira, Daniel Bragança, Fábio Vieira; Tiago Tomás e Dany Mota. Suplentes: João Virgínia, Luís Maximiano, Gedson Fernandes, Rafael Leão, Tomás Tavares, Pedro Pereira, Tiago Djaló, Romário Baró, Filipe Soares, Gonçalo Ramos, Jota e Francisco Conceição. Confira também o onze alemão. Alemanha: Dahmen; Baku, Pieper, Schlotterbeck, Ruam; Maier, Dorsch, Wirtz, Ozcan, Berisha; Nmecha. Suplentes: Schubert, Grill, Vagnoman, Burkardt, Jaeckel, Jakobs, Appelkamp, Stach, Adeyemi, Mai, Janelt e Klimowicz.
Vitinha can't shoot with his left and it's obvious. As soon as he cut in to the left, he needed to finish.