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| Germany enters semifinal of Euro 2012 |
Germany enters Semifinals after beating Greece 4-2 in their Euro 2012 quarter-final at a sodden Arena Gdansk in Poland.
Phillip Lahm (39), Sami Khedira (61), Miroslav Klose (68) and Marco Reus (74) scored goals for Germany. Giorgos Samaras' and Dimitris Salpingidis' scored goals in second-half for the Greece.
The Germans will now play England or Italy, who meet in Sunday's Kiev quarterfinal, in the semifinal at Warsaw's National Stadium on Thursday as they inflicted Greece's heaviest defeat at European championships, eclipsing the Greeks' 3-1 defeat at the hands of Czechoslovakia in 1980.
His Euro Cup quarterfinal was completely dominated by Germany as Germany basked in 76 percent of possession and totted up 26 shots at goal compared to only ten from Greece.
Germany headed for half-time holding a one-goal lead when captain Philipp Lahm bounded beyond Sotiris Ninis to sink a volley beyond Greece goalkeeper Michail Sifakis from 20 yards out on 39 minutes.
Greece somehow drew level from a lovely ball across goal by Salpingidis on 55 minutes. But Germany reclaimed the lead thanks to a volley from Real Madrid's Khedira whose late run connected with Boateng's cross to leave Sifakis with no chance.
Klose added to his impressive tally with a header from a Ozil free-kick on 68 minutes, while Reus scored the fourth when Klose latched onto Ozil's pass, forcing Sifakis into a save.
But the ball fell to the Dortmund man, who hit the net on 74 minutes.
With time almost up Salpingidis scored from the penalty spot after Boateng's foul, but it was too little, too late.
