Start: GER & POR - let's keep it scoreless
NED goal 11': GER & DEN - the Danes are in!
GER goal 19': GER & POR - no, Portugal are in!
DEN goal 24': GER & DEN - no, I said the Danes
POR goal 28': GER & POR - no, I mean Portugal
POR goal '74: GER & POR - OK, Portugal, but GER in jeopardy of being eliminated if DEN scores next
GER goal 80': GER & POR - Insurance goal! Now both clearly through (NED would need 4 goals, DEN 2 in final 10 minutes)
In the end, both teams won by 2-1 scores as GER picked up the max 9 points while POR were a dominant runner-up playing well in all three matches. Like ESP's Fernando Torres, POR's Cristiano Ronaldo responded after a lackluster match and exploded with a pair of goals.
In the pool,
33 picked GER but just 2 thought POR could beat NED. For their Last 8, while 37 picked GER to make the knockout stage just 4 pegged POR. This resulted in The Flying Elvi as the only person to get the max 14 points today and moved from 15th to a 3-way tie for 1st. He and SalsaKing were the only ones to get both matches correct. He, Sisyphus, and Adivianza (she is also tied for 1st) were the only three to get both Quarterfinal teams correct. The third person on top with 35 points is Wampa (boy, I hope that is a Star Wars reference). How quickly can things change? Bix Pix, who was in first yesterday thanks to gaining a perfect 14 points, was the only one to get zero points today to fall to 10th (and had his 5-match winning streak snapped). Ilmigilore still occupies the 39th position with 17 points (he, Popozao and Agenterob had their 5-match losing streaks snapped with GER's win).
Thus far, four have gotten 3 of the 4 Last 8 teams correct while 11 only have one. Nine lost their champ NED (we'll see after Tuesday's matches who is officially eliminated so their might still be a glimmer of hope). Only 25% of the matches (5/20) thus far have ended in draws (thankfully, no nil-nil ones) and we've had 7 straight winners.
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