I remembr tellin sme friends dt I consider the dutch team the weakest in dis so called grp of death...smehw robben and rvp no try today at all..decisions in d final 3rd ruined d dutch..congrats to d Danes

Which station is showing the Match?

the group is now thrown open.

I heard it was pius ikedia that scored d only goal in dis game with assist frm segun odegbami and samuel okparaji. Is it true?

Holland, the most unreliable team in football. Even if you assemble FIFA Eleven and wear them orange anything can happen. If they are not self destructing they are hyperventilating. No bets for this team.

Is the Game still On? I learnt NTA is showing the Match, can someone confirm this?

dayokanu:

Show us all European strikers goal per shots taken And you would notice that Gomez is top 5

Possibly higher than Van persie

but that would be tedious.....some of these strikers are
set-piece takers which gomez isn't. ronaldo takes about
30 freekicks per game...and they all count as shots!

gomez doesn't.....so we won't get anything credible
unless we isolate those shots and take out the ones
from open play and compare to gomez's. van persie,
rooney, ibra, messi, ronaldo are set-piece takers.

Match 2

Germany qualified for Euro 2012 with an unbeaten record in qualifying, while Portugal needed to beat Bosnia in a play-off to reach Poland and Ukraine. Both sides have suffered from an uninspiring build-up, with Low's side losing to France in February before going down 5-3 to Switzerland and beating Israel 2-0 at the end of May; Bento's charges have fared even worse - drawing 0-0 with Poland and Macedonia, and losing to Turkey in their final friendly.

Both sides are full of attacking verve, though, and an entertaining opening fixture is expected. The major question hanging over Germany is whether Mario Gomez or Miroslav Klose gets the nod to play up front, with the former having enjoyed a prolific campaign with Bayern Munich and the latter just five goals away from usurping the legendary Gerd Muller as his nation's all-time leading scorer. Low has a big decision to make in attack, but he has been spared a defensive dilemma with the return to fitness of Per Metersacker in time for Saturday's Group D clash.

Portugal have also received an injury boost, with Manchester United winger Nani recovering from a knock sustained earlier in the week. Bento has generally preferred to operate a 4-3-3, with Miguel Veloso, Raul Meireles and Joao Moutinho in a midfield three, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani playing wide and Hugo Almeida spearheading the attack from a central position.

The last time the two countries met in the group stage of a major finals was at Euro 2000, when Portugal won 3-0 and Germany finished bottom of their group - their worst ever performance at an international tournament. But there is no doubting that Joachim Low's side will be the favourites this time around, with the three-time winners heavily tipped to win the whole tournament.

Germany player to watch: Lukas Podolski

Arsenal's newest recruit has already amassed an incredible 97 international caps at 27 years old and could feasibly hit Lothar Matthaus' all-time record of 150 appearances for Germany. A veteran of four major tournaments with the national team, Podolski's experience in big-game situations and ability to ghost into goalscoring positions from the left flank is a valuable asset. He scored Germany's first goal at both Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.

Portugal player to watch: Cristiano Ronaldo

Who else? Portugal's talisman enjoyed another blistering campaign with Real Madrid, plundering an astonishing 60 goals in 55 games for the Primera Division champions. Low insists he won't be paying Ronaldo special attention, but Germany's players don't need to be told about his potential threat. Whether it's set-pieces, his left foot, right foot or imperious aerial ability - the forward is capable of producing a decisive intervention at any moment.

Key Battle: Mesut Ozil v Miguel Veloso
Having burst onto the international football scene with some virtuoso displays at the 2010 World Cup, Ozil is now firmly established as the creative fulcrum of both Real Madrid and Germany. The former Werder Bremen star has become accustomed to bossing games for club and country and his nation will be relying on his guile and vision again at Euro 2012. Attempting to prevent Ozil from weaving his magic on Saturday will be Portugal's anchor Miguel Veloso, who has enjoyed a fine season in an otherwise struggling Genoa side. A tough-tackling presence in Paulo Bento's team, if Veloso can successfully shackle Ozil, it will allow the more attack-minded Moutinho and Meireles to focus on getting forward from midfield.

Match

teams getting ready to leave the tunnel

Portugal anthem

rebel pepe singing lol

Germany Anthem

Mourinho in the stands

see Jose Mourinho

coogar:

but that would be tedious.....some of these strikers are
set-piece takers which gomez isn't. ronaldo takes about
30 freekicks per game...and they all count as shots!

gomez doesn't.....so we won't get anything credible
unless we isolate those shots and take out the ones
from open play and compare to gomez's. van persie,
rooney, ibra, messi, ronaldo are set-piece takers.

Bring any stat you have out. and lets see. Gomez doesnt take any setpiece. he isnt even the choice penalty taker So what other strikers gain from Penalties he loses. yet he outscores them all.

The number of goals scored per shot bring it out. I brought one out and was banned by the spambot fot it

Mukina, Dayokanu was banned pls release me

abeg why is muller winking

see my poldi!!!!

sleekdot:

Bring any stat you have out. and lets see. Gomez doesnt take any setpiece. he isnt even the choice penalty taker So what other strikers gain from Penalties he loses. yet he outscores them all.

The number of goals scored per shot bring it out. I brought one out and was banned by the spambot fot it

Mukina, Dayokanu was banned pls release me

unbanned

go-miss to come do what he knows best lol

ref is french . .

mukina2: go-miss to come do what he knows best lol

ref is french . .

Van Pusssiii has shown us how to do it

game on!

Morinho, i see u

hmm go-miss don start

Gomez header saved

chai gomez , keeper see am

corner for Portugal coentrao goood!!!

dayokanu:

Van Pusssiii has shown us how to do it

LWKMD

This year seems like a year of Underdogs outperfoming the top dogs. Examples are Zambia wining d Nations cup, Chelsea winning Champions league,etc. So I won't be surprised if a team dat has already been written off wins dis championship

German freekick take short by shweni . .



and he commits a foul.

young muller calm down jor

sleekdot:

Bring any stat you have out. and lets see. Gomez doesnt take any setpiece. he isnt even the choice penalty taker So what other strikers gain from Penalties he loses. yet he outscores them all.

The number of goals scored per shot bring it out. I brought one out and was banned by the spambot fot it
Mukina, Dayokanu was banned pls release me

you don't get it.....the players who take set pieces(chiefly freekicks) don't
score from every kick they take but those set-pieces still count as shots
attempted. in that wise, the stats would favour gomez whose goals are purely
from open play.