Watch goals and highlights from the Italy vs Spain quarter final - Euro 2008. Before Euro kicked off, Spain with a Fabregas-Torres combo were my personal favourites to win the tournament. Coach Aragones has however not shown too much interest in starting Cesc - hope in a crucial game today, the old brain cells work in the right direction. However, as Germany showed vs Portugal , the ...

Another lacklustre Portugal side became the first of the last eight to crash out of Euro 2008. The Portuguese were outclassed by the Germans, whose efficient passing play saw them score some fantastic goals and book their place in the semis with a match against either Turkey or Croatia. Three-time winners Germany started the game brightly and created [...]

Just when you thought Germany had met it's match, zee Germans found another way to win at a big tournament. Portugal came into today's quarterfinal as favorites but Germany proved too poised, too strong and too good for the Portuguese, who let shoddy set-piece defending and poor finishing doom them to a quarterfinal exit. Goals from Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Michael ...

Cristiano Ronal-OH-NO!-do Ronaldon’t play defense Ger-many Goals for Portugal to overcome! Pepe le peu Not even Klose! Portugal lose! ‘Bastian “In Glory” Schweinsteiger They’re Baaalllllllack! Nuno Go ho mes More later tonight . . .

Out of sixteen very capable countries in the 2008 UEFA European Championship, we have gotten rid of half of the field, so we are down to eight. These next four days will see the field cut in half once more, with the semi finals, and finally the Holy Grail of European football, the Euro final, waiting in Vienna next Sunday. I’m excited, so shall we get started? Portugal (Ricardo) 2-3 ...

All throughout EURO 2008 , the knock against Portugal has been their shaky back line. We all wondered if it would end up being their undoing. We just didn't expect it to suck quite this much. Horrid man-marking on free kicks gave Germany two free headers -- one by Miroslav Klose in the 26th minute, one by Michael Ballack in the 62nd -- that became goals, powering the Germans to a 3-2 ...

Spencer, who is our resident soccer expert, is on assignment doing some super awesome stuff that you’ll know more about tomorrow, so you’ll get no grand recap of today’s Germany-Portugal quarterfinal. Instead, you’ve got me here to tell you Germany won 3-2 . They scored two goals in the first 25 minutes to take the 2-0 lead, including this beaut from the fantastically ...

The Germans started the first quarter-final looking hungry, Hitzlsperger was the first to try his luck. Portugal do look dangerous, Simao tried to beat Lehmann at his near post after Deco had played him down the right.

Portugal 2 - Germany 3 (Euro 2008 quarter-final, June 19, 2008) The Germans started the opening quarter-final looking hungry, Hitzlsperger was the first to try his luck. Portugal do look dangerous, Simao tried to beat Lehmann at his near post after Deco had played him down the right. Minutes later Bosingwa crossed for Moutinho who headed over from a great position. On twenty-two minutes ...

Austria 0 - Germany 1 (Euro 2008, June 16, 2008) The battle of the Anschluss began with a unforgettable miss by Mario Gomez , Klose teed up the striker from a yard out but Gomez scooped the ball high. (One of the worst misses of all time?) The Germans never looked comfortable and while the Austrians were building confidence , but for the ref being blindsided, Aufhauser would have been sent ...