* Germany have reason to be wary of Portugal who beat them 3-0 when they met in the Euro 2000 finals in Rotterdam. Germany finished bottom of their group then. However, the Germans avenged that defeat at the last tournament, beating the Portuguese 3-2 in Basel in 2008. * Portugal were the first team to beat Germany in a World Cup qualifier when they won 1-0 in Stuttgart in 1985, ending an unbroken run of 36 such games without defeat. Incredibly, the Germans have lost just one World Cup qualifier since, 5-1 to England in Munich in 2001. * The last meeting between the two teams was in the third place match at the 2006 World Cup. Germany won 3-1 in Stuttgart. * Germany, who won all 10 matches in their qualifying group, have found the net in each of their last 16 internationals and have scored three goals or more in nine of those. The last time they failed to score was in a 0-0 draw away to Sweden in November 2010. * Since winning the title in 1996, Germany have lost more matches at Euro finals than they have won. They have lost five and won only four out of 12. * Portugal have advanced beyond the group stage at each of the last four Euro finals, their best performance coming in 2004 as hosts when they reached the final, only to lose to surprise winners Greece. Previous meetings: 27/02/36 Fr Portugal 1 Germany 3 Lisbon 24/04/38 Fr Germany 1 Portugal 1 Frankfurt 19/12/54 Fr Portugal 0 West Germany 3 Lisbon 27/04/60 Fr West Germany 2 Portugal 1 Ludwigshafen 17/02/82 Fr West Germany 3 Portugal 1 Hannover 23/02/83 Fr Portugal 1 West Germany 0 Lisbon 14/06/84 ECF West Germany 0 Portugal 0 Strasbourg 24/02/85 WCQ Portugal 1 West Germany 2 Lisbon 16/10/85 WCQ West Germany 0 Portugal 1 Stuttgart 29/08/90 Fr Portugal 1 Germany 1 Lisbon 21/02/96 Fr Portugal 1 Germany 2 Porto 14/06/96 WCQ Portugal 0 Germany 0 Lisbon 6/09/97 WCQ Germany 1 Portugal 1 Berlin 20/06/00 ECF Portugal 3 Germany 0 Rotterdam 8/07/06 WCF Germany 3 Portugal 1 Stuttgart 19/06/08 ECF Germany 3 Portugal 2 Basel Head to head Played: 16 Germany 8 wins Portugal 3 wins Draws 5 Key: WCQ = World Cup qualifier, WCF = World Cup finals, ECF = European Championship finals, Fr = Friendly (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter: @AO Sports / and Facebook AhramOnlineSports) http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/44280.aspx
