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Is this Germanys time?

With all due respect to yesterday's teams in Group A then this is the group that we have all been waiting for. Group B has become known as the "group of death" simply because of the quality of the teams in it. Germany play Portugal in what will be the game of the tournament so far. It is 16 years since the Germans won an international tournament and that is almost an eternity for them.

Portugal have come close to winning a trophy on a few occasions but they have failed to impress of late. They reached the final of Euro 2004 losing in their own country to Greece and have been on a slow decline ever since. So much so that they had to enter this tournament by way of the play-offs which is unlike Portugal who usually win their group.

So they are entering this tournament with less expectation than usual. Germany on the other hand are full of expectation and rightfully deserve their place as one of the tournament favourites. They dominated in qualifying and have a habit of coming good in tournament conditions. Germany may not have won a trophy since Euro 1996 but they have certainly not failed. They reached the 2002 World Cup final, the 2006 World Cup semi-finals and the final of Euro 2008.

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