Germany became the first semi -finalist of the European Championship

The German national team was the first finalist of the European Football Championship, having beaten the Portugal team in the quarterfinals with a score of 3: 2. The German team distinguished themselves between Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Michael Ballak. The goals for the Portuguese national team were scored by Nunu Gomesh and Elder Peshtig.

In the semifinals, the German team will play with the winner of the Croatian match - Türkiye, which will be held on June 20.

On Saturday, the Russian team will play its quarterfinal match, which meet with the Holland team. The Russian football team left the group, defeating the Sweden team with a score of 2: 0.

The first goal in the 25th minute scored Roman Pavlyuchenko after an excellent combination with the participation of Andrei Arshavin and Alexander Anyukov. At the end of the first half, the Swedes conducted several dangerous attacks, but Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev played very reliably.

At the very beginning of the second half (at the 50th minute) in a quick counterattack after the passage of Yuri Zhirkov, Andrei Arshavin scored a goal.

Simultaneously with the match Russia - Sweden, another meeting was held in the group D. Greek team, champion of Europe 2004, lost the third match in a row, losing to Spain with a score of 1: 2.

As a result, Russia took second place in the group (in the first place of Spain, in the third Sweden, in the latter - Greece). On Saturday in the Swiss city of Basel, the match of the 1/4 finals of Holland-Russia will be held. The first channel will be transmitted.

The last time the domestic team left the group at the European Championship in 1988, losing in the final of Holland.