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Germany v Portugal, 08 July 2006

Score	3-1 to Germany
Referee	Toru Kamikawa
Competition	FIFA World Cup Finals 3rd place
Venue	Gottlieb Daimler, Stuttgart
Attendance	52,000

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Kick-Off: 21:00 Local (20:00 BST) Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan) Kim Dae-young (Korea Republic) Fourth official: Coffi Codjia (Benin) Fifth official: Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) Man of the Match: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) Two long-range efforts from Bastian Schweinsteiger ensured hosts Germany overcame Portugal to claim third place. Germany took the lead when midfielder Schweinsteiger cut in from the left and drilled in a swerving shot. The Germans went two up when the lively Schweinsteiger's free-kick was sliced into his own net by Armando Petit. Schweinsteiger sealed the victory with another rasping shot from 25 yards and Nuno Gomes headed Portugal a late consolation after a Luis Figo cross. Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn came in for his 86th cap, while Figo, who was rumoured to have had an argument with coach Luiz Felipe Scolari before the match, was relegated to the substitutes' bench.

3 Germany

Manager: Jurgen Klinsmann

1 Portugal

Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Goals:

Bastian Schweinsteiger		56
Petit	own goal	61
Bastian Schweinsteiger		78

Goals:

Nuno Gomes

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn (captain)

Defender Robert Huth

Defender Marcell Jansen

Defender Philipp Lahm

Defender Christoph Metzelder

Midfielder Torsten Frings

Midfielder Sebastian Kehl

Midfielder Bernd Schneider

Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger

Forward Miroslav Klose

Forward Łukasz Podolski

Starting lineup:

Ricardo Goalkeeper

Fernando Meira Defender

Nuno Valente Defender

Paulo Ferreira Defender

Costinha Midfielder

Deco Midfielder

Maniche Midfielder

Ricardo Costa Midfielder

Simão Midfielder

Pauleta Forward (captain)

Cristiano Ronaldo Forward

Substitutions:

Oliver Neuville for Miroslav Klose	65
Mike Hanke for Łukasz Podolski	71
Thomas Hitzlsperger for Bastian Schweinsteiger	79

Substitutions:

Petit for Costinha	46
Nuno Gomes for Nuno Valente	69
Luís Figo for Pauleta	77

Cards:

Torsten Frings	7	Y
Bastian Schweinsteiger	78	Y

Cards:

Ricardo Costa	24	Y
Costinha	33	Y
Paulo Ferreira	60	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand

Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann

Defender Arne Friedrich

Defender Robert Huth

Defender Per Mertesacker

Midfielder Michael Ballack

Midfielder Tim Borowski

Midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger

Forward Gerald Asamoah

Forward Mike Hanke

Forward Oliver Neuville

Forward David Odonkor

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Quim

Goalkeeper Paulo Santos

Defender Marco Caneira

Defender Miguel

Defender Ricardo Carvalho

Midfielder Hugo Viana

Midfielder Petit

Midfielder Tiago

Midfielder/Forward Luis Boa Morte

Forward Hélder Postiga

Forward Luís Figo

Forward Nuno Gomes

Comments:

This was Germnay's (including West Germany) fourth 3rd Place Play-Off in the World Cup finals. They have won three so now finishing third more often than any other nation. Third choice keeper Timo Hildebrand was the only member of the Germany squad not to take any part in the tournament.

Comments:

Portugal narrowly fail to equal their best-ever World Cup finals performance. They finished third in the 1966 finals in England when they beat USSR 2-1 in the Play-Off at Wembley with goals from Eusebio and Jose Torres. Costinha received four yellow cards which, along with Ghana's Asamoah Gyan, was the most shown to any player at Germany 2006. The only other player ever to receive four yellow cards at a World Cup finals was Bulgaria's Zlatko Jankov at USA '94. As a team, Portugal received a total of 24 yellow cards. They therefore breaking the previous record of 23 that was set Bulgaria in 1994.