2224: Germany takes the lead and the goal comes through Lars Bender. A ball in behind the defense looks destined for Klose but it has too much on it for the German striker. Bender, though, is overlapping with a lung-busting run and slots the ball calmly past Andersen and into the far corner. Surely that sees Germany through as group winners?
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2221: GOAL! GERMANY 2, Denmark 1 (Bender)
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2220: Changes in the Germany-Denmark match: Niki Zimling is going off and Christian Poulsen takes his place for Denmark. Mario Gomez is off for Germany, Miroslav Klose replaces him.
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2218: Nani makes up for a miss moments earlier. He picks up the ball on a counter attack down the right and plays it across the Netherlands‘ defense and into the path of Ronaldo who, unlike Nani, makes no mistake from close range. Unless we see something truly spectacular, the Dutch are surely out of Euro 2012 now.
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2215: GOAL! PORTUGAL 2, Netherlands 1 (Ronaldo)
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2214: Custodio replaces Raul Meireles for Portugal.
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2213: sdouglas80: Calculators at the ready for Group B finale. This could get confusing… (via Twitter)
2211: simonhaydon: Think some of the Portugal players at Euros should be entered into the Olympic diving competition. (via Twitter)
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