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...Germans, on the other hand, are searching for the team that ran Poland off the pitch in the opening match. The one that lost 2-1 to Croatia and got by Austria 1-0 thanks to a Michael Ballack free kick blast doesn't appear to pose much of a threat to Portugal. And the Germans will be without their coach, Joachim Löw, who is serving a one-game suspension for getting dismissed during the Austria match. Although a second choice Portugal side lost to Switzerland - which salved some wounds for the co-hosts - tonight there will...
...blame German midfielder Michael Ballack for spoiling Austria's party. Some 70,000 Viennese had assembled in the Rathausplatz and the Heldenplatz, to watch the broadcast of Germany vs. Austria on a series of big TV screens; another 50,000 fans were at the stadium. Vienna had already gotten a whiff of excitement the night before when the city's large Turkish contingent took to the streets following Turkey's miracle 3-2 win over the Czech Republic. Anything seemed possible against the favored Germans...
...Monday night, a place in the quarterfinals was at stake, and much, much more as these historical rivals faced each other on the pitch. Austria hadn't beaten Germany in a major tournament in decades. And now, gifted a controversial late penalty against Poland resulting in a draw that had kept them alive, the Austrians had a chance to make some magic of their own and prove the team's doubters wrong. Before the tournament had even started, dissident Austrian fans had mocked the team's dreadful form by selling T-shirts that said, "Hosted by Losers...
...front. As Gomez swung his foot forward to score the sitter, the ball took a hop and he chipped it straight up in the air. It was comically bad finishing, and the kind of break that makes you think that things weren't going to go right for Germany. Austria pressed for a goal of their own in the 18th minute, and Erwin Hoffer blew an opportunity that told you this wasn't going to be an evening of miracles for Austria, either. The game soon settled into banality, with the Germans blocking one attempted cross after another, effectively stifling...
...Austria broke in on the German goal to start the second half but came away with nothing, as Hoffer practically waited until the German defense caught up. But in the 47th minute Ballack, the German captain, who had been none too impressive at that point, ended all hopes for Austria. He launched a stunning free kick, a stop-this-if you-can pile driver from outside the box that beat Austrian keeper Jürgen Macho to his left. In the Fan Zone, clusters of German fans celebrated, and those celebrants in front of me were greeted with a shower...