Played
June 22, 2012 2:45 PM EDT
PGE Arena Gdańsk — Gdańsk
Referee: D. Skomina
Attendance: 38751
June 22, 2012 2:45 PM EDT
PGE Arena Gdańsk — Gdańsk
Referee: D. Skomina
Attendance: 38751
Euro 2012 Preview: Germany - Greece
The Mannschaft have never lost a European Championship quarterfinal and will be confident of keeping that record intact against Fernando Santos' surprise package.
By Karthick Arvinth
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GERMANY
 Neuer Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm Khedira, Schweinsteiger Muller, Ozil, Podolski Gomez |
GREECE
 Sifakis To'sidis, Pa'poulos, K Pa'poulos, Tzavelas Katsouranis, Maniatis Salpingidis, Fotakis, Samaras Gekas |
Germany has no fitness concerns ahead of the quarterfinal clash with Greece in Gdansk on Friday.
Defender Jerome Boateng is available after serving a one-match ban and is set to take over from Lars Bender at right back, in what is likely to be the only change to the side that beat Denmark 2-1 on Sunday.
Greece coach Fernando Santos will be without captain Giorgos Karagounis and Jose Holebas, who are both suspended, while goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias is unlikely to recover from his hamstring injury in time.
Parma-bound playmaker Sotiris Ninis could be drafted in to replace Karagounis, or, alternatively, Santos may opt for the more experienced Giorgos Fotakis.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Germany has won its last 14 competitive international fixtures, a national record.
The Mannschaft have never lost to Greece. Their record in eight previous head-to-head meetings is W5, D3.
- The Germans are competing in their fifth European championship quarterfinal and have gone on to reach the final on each previous occasion.
- Holger Badstuber (pictured right) is a yellow card away from suspension.
- Greece has scored just once in each of its last eight games, winning just twice during that sequence.
- The Hellenic outfit have scored in 21 of the 24 matches under Fernando Santos - the exceptions all ended as goalless draws.
- Greece's only quarterfinal appearance at a major tournament was the 1-0 triumph over France at Euro 2004, a competition it went on to win.
- Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Dimitris Salpingidis and Vasilis Torosidis will incur a ban with their next bookings.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Germany 2-0 Greece
- 23.01 %
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Germany 3-0 Greece
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Germany 3-1 Greece
- 9.2 %
| European Championship Qualification 2012 (EC) | Jun 22, 2012 | Germany 4 - Greece 2 |
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| Mar 26, 2013 | Germany 4 - Kazakhstan 1 | WCQE |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Kazakhstan 0 - Germany 3 | WCQE |
| Feb 6, 2013 | France 1 - Germany 2 | FR |
| Nov 14, 2012 | Netherlands 0 - Germany 0 | FR |
| Oct 16, 2012 | Germany 4 - Sweden 4 | WCQE |
Greece
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| Mar 22, 2013 | Bosnia 3 - Greece 1 | WCQE |
| Feb 6, 2013 | Greece 0 - Switzerland 0 | FR |
| Nov 14, 2012 | Ireland Republic 0 - Greece 1 | FR |
| Oct 16, 2012 | Slovakia 0 - Greece 1 | WCQE |
| Oct 12, 2012 | Greece 0 - Bosnia 0 | WCQE |
| 1 | Manuel Neuer | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Mats Hummels | Defender |
| - | Holger Badstuber | |
| 16 | Philipp Lahm | Defender |
| 20 | Jerome Boateng | Defender |
| 6 | Sami Khedira | Midfielder |
| 7 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Midfielder |
| 8 | Mesut Özil | Midfielder |
| 9 | Andre Schürrle | Midfielder |
| - | Miroslav Klose | |
| 21 | Marco Reus | Midfielder |
| - | Tim Wiese | |
| 22 | Ron-Robert Zieler | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Marcel Schmelzer | Defender |
| 4 | Benedikt Höwedes | Defender |
| 17 | Per Mertesacker | Defender |
| 2 | Ilkay Gündogan | Midfielder |
| 15 | Lars Bender | Midfielder |
| 18 | Toni Kroos | Midfielder |
| 19 | Mario Götze | Midfielder |
| 10 | Lukas Podolski | Striker |
| 13 | Thomas Müller | Midfielder |
| 23 | Mario Gomez | Striker |
| 13 | Michalis Sifakis | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Giannis Maniatis | Defender |
| 3 | Georgios Tzavellas | Defender |
| - | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | |
| 15 | Vasilis Torosidis | Defender |
| 19 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | Defender |
| - | Grigoris Makos | |
| - | Sotiris Ninis | |
| 21 | Kostas Katsouranis | Midfielder |
| 7 | Georgios Samaras | Striker |
| 14 | Dimitris Salpingidis | Striker |
| - | Kostas Chalkias | |
| - | Alexandros Tzorvas | |
| 4 | Stelios Malezas | Defender |
| - | Giorgos Fotakis | |
| 22 | Konstantinos Fortounis | Midfielder |
| - | Giannis Fetfatzidis | Midfielder |
| - | Nikolaos Liberopoulos | |
| 11 | Konstantinos Mitroglou | Striker |
| 17 | Theofanis Gekas | Striker |
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| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Fernando Torres Striker Chelsea |
3 | 0 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo Striker Real Madrid |
3 | 0 |
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Mario Gomez Striker FC Bayern München |
3 | 0 |
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Mario Balotelli Striker Milan |
3 | 0 |
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Mario Mandzukic Striker FC Bayern München |
3 | 0 |
