The Football - Portugal will serve Dutch Games

The Football - The final match of Group B which unite Portugal and the Netherlands would run fiercely. Portugal confirmed that they will not play defensively and wait game pick 'Orange Lion'.

Monday (06/18/2012) pm dawn duel of life and death will be presented at the Dutch towards Portugal. With both need to win to keep chance to escape, the game is believed to be ongoing fun.

Portugal is less favored over the Netherlands confirmed that they would not play defense and rely on counterattacks. Cristiano Ronaldo cs instead will show the original characteristics of the attacking game.

"We know what strategies to use the Netherlands since the beginning. You look at all the teams from the Netherlands. They continued to chase the ball in order to master the game," said Portugal coach Paulo Bento at Yahoosports.

"But that does not mean we have to rely on counterattacks. We must try to control the game, not only survive but also in terms of possession and shots on goal. We want to win games and won three points, we'll see what happens," he continued.

Dutch must win by two goals for Portugal to get away, that would be aided by the German defeat of Denmark in the other match.

While Portugal can still qualify despite losing one goal over the Netherlands, but with a record of Germany beat Denmark.

"We're not worried about the results of other games - we will be 100% focused on our own game. If it is beneficial to inform the other results in the field on our players, we'll do it," complete Bento.

The Football - 10 Times Meet, Netherlands Just Once Beat Portugal

The Football - The Netherlands has the potential to carve out some negative note if you lose and not get away from his group. Portugal had a good report card and in the face of his opponent's superior.

Here are some facts related to both teams in the last match of Group B Euro 2012 at the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday (18/06/2012) pm dawn, as summarized BBC and Reuters:


Head-to-head

- The Netherlands won just once in 10 previous meetings with Portugal. The victory took place in the European Cup qualifier in 1992, in October 1991.

- Portugal won six times, and the remaining three matches ended in a draw. Two of those six wins in major tournaments: the 2004 European Cup and World Cup 2006.

- Of the 10 meetings that Portugal did not concede six times.

- Duel them in the 2006 World Cup match a record, which is 16 yellow cards, which bear four red cards, each of which can two.

- Of the last five major tournaments, this is the third time Portugal and the Netherlands face each other.

Portugal

- Portugal is the only country in the European Cup history that was never thrown from the group stage, since this format is applied, and they appear in the final round.

- Of the 14 matches in European Cup finals, they won 12 times and scored first (series once, lost once).

- Five goals last nesting in their goal in European Cup match was scored a header from a player of his opponents.

- Cristiano Ronaldo has made ​​10 shots during Euro 2012, but has not scored a goal. However, when Portugal won 2-1 over the Netherlands in the semifinals of Euro 2004 in Lisbon, he made ​​one goal.

Netherlands

- The Netherlands was never eliminated from the group stage of the tournament since Euro 1980.

- In history, only this time the Dutch lost twice in a row in a European Cup.

- If you play, the goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg will play an international match to-50.