Germany thumped Portugal 4-2 at the Allianz Arena to get their Euro 2020 campaign up and running, EKO HOT BLOG gathered.
Own goals from Ruben Dias and Raphael Guerreiro, coupled with strikes from Kai Havertz and Robin Gosens, blew away the defending champions.
Portugal scored first through Cristiano Ronaldo before Diogo Jota pulled one back late on.
Portugal’s talismanic captain broke the deadlock against the run of play following a superb counter-attacking move which he started himself.
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But Dias and Guerreiro fired into their own nets under pressure just a few minutes apart to give the hosts the lead before half-time in Munich.
Portugal’s defence was all over the place, and the same theme continued just a few minutes after the restart. Germany scored twice more through Havertz and Gosens.
Jota pulled one back for the reigning champions, but Portugal couldn’t build on that and suffered a chastening defeat.
Following the results on Saturday, the ‘group of death’ at Euro 2020 is now wide open, with all four teams in contention to reach the Round of 16.
Portugal will need to beat France to finish in the top two, while Germany will be through if they beat Hungary on matchday three.
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