Germany

23 June :: Germany - Czech Rep 1-2
The reserve squad of the Czech Republic defeated Germany 2-1.The Czechs came into the game as assured winners of Group D while Germany desperately needed three points.Germany started off with confidence missing a number of opportunities.A pile driver from Ballack fired Germany ahead but Heinz promptly equalized.Offensive creativity was lacking in Germany's game and regardless of their tenacious attempts they could not produce another goal. Germany's fruitless attempts left them exposed and Milan Baros put the Czechs ahead in the 75 minute.This is the second time ever that Germany has lost a European Championship match after having taken the lead.The Germans have now not won any of their last six Euro matches since beating the Czech Republic in the 1996 final.

19 June :: Latvia - Germany 0-0
Throughout the opening exchanges, Latvia's robust approach easily kept Germany at bay. With Freddie Bobic almost anonymous up front and Michael Ballack again subdued it wasn't proving too difficult.Only Germany's Philipp Lahm posed a threat, making some incisive overlaps down the left side. Workmanlike Latvia continued to contain their opponents.The draw at the Estadio do Bessa gave Latvia their first ever tournament point.

15 June :: Germany - Holland 1-1
The two favorites of Group D settled for a point in their head-to-head clash.Frings opened the score in the 30th minute from a wicked free kick.Germany could not preserve their lead and in the 81st minute an equalizer came from Ruud van Nistelrooij.Regardless of the goal, Kahn displayed his dominance throughout the whole match by denying a number of threats including a very dangerous attempt by Overmars.

Overview
At the last Euro 2000, Germany were humiliated and failed to get past even the group stage.Since then, the team has been rebuilt and surprisingly reached the 2002 World Cup final.Germany has no star (field) players but that does not prevent them from marching to victory as they did in 1996.

Germany Squad - Final Selection

	Player	Club	Born	Position
1.	Oliver Kahn	FC Bayern München	15.06.1969	GK
2.	Andreas Hinkel	VfB Stuttgart	26.03.1982	DF
3.	Arne Friedrich	Hertha BSC Berlin	29.05.1979	DF
4.	Christian Wörns	BV Borussia Dortmund	10.05.1972	DF
5.	Jens Nowotny	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	11.01.1974	DF
6.	Frank Baumann	SV Werder Bremen	29.10.1975	DF
7.	Bastian Schweinsteiger	FC Bayern München	01.08.1984	MF
8.	Dietmar Hamann	Liverpool FC	27.08.1973	MF
9.	Fredi Bobic	Hertha BSC Berlin	30.10.1971	AT
10.	Kevin Kuranyi	VfB Stuttgart	2.03.1982	AT
11.	Miroslav Klose	FC Kaiserslautern	09.06.1978	AT
12.	Jens Lehmann	Arsenal FC	10.11.1969	GK
13.	Michael Ballack	FC Bayern München	26.09.1976	MF
14.	Thomas Brdaric	Hannover 96	23.01.1975	AT
15.	Sebastian Kehl	BV Borussia Dortmund	13.02.1980	MF
16.	Jens Jeremies	FC Bayern München	05.03.1974	MF
17.	Christian Ziege	VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach	01.02.1972	DF
18.	Fabian Ernst	SV Werder Bremen	30.05.1979	MF
19.	Bernd Schneider	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	17.11.1973	MF
20.	Lukas Podolski	FC Köln	04.06.1985	AT
21.	Philipp Lahm	VfB Stuttgart	11.11.1983	DF
22.	Torsten Frings	BV Borussia Dortmund	22.11.1976	DF
23.	Timo Hildebrand	VfB Stuttgart	05.04.1979	GK
Coach: Rudi Voller

Germany Fixtures
All kick-offs are in local Portuguese time (GMT 0)

Tuesday, 15th June 17.00
Germany vs Holland (Group D)
at Porto

Saturday, 19th June 17.00
Germany vs Latvia (Group D)
at Porto

Wednesday, 23th June 19.45
Germany vs Czech Republic (Group D)
at Lisbon