Karkhiv - Portugal ensures through to the quarter final of Euro 2012 after beating the Netherlands 2-1 in their final Group B match at the Metalist Stadium, Monday early morning.
Cristiano Ronaldo became the hero with two goals that allow buying Seleccao turn things around after a first conceded by Rafael van der Vaart scored in the first half.
This victory brought Portugal finished in the runner-up in Group B with six points, three points adrift with a German who came out as group winners at the same time after beating Denmark 2-1 in the Arena Lviv.
On the other hand, Oranje team to go home with a caretaker status after failing to reach a point from three matches they played. This fact is ironic considering they are one of the favorites in this tournament.
Dutch signs are already being felt bad when 0-1 defeat of Denmark in the first game. Bert van Marwijk care team is worse off after the beaten Germany 2-1 in the second game.
But, they could have a chance to get away with a record should be more than two-goal win over Portugal, hoping Denmark lost to Germany.
These demands are forcing Van Marwijk change the order of the players to be more offensive to put Rafael van der Vaart as a starter to replace Mark van Bommel.
This strategy looks promising at the start because the Dutch became more pressing, and they even straight ahead when the game has been running 11-minute goal by Van der Vaart.
But, after the creation of the Dutch goal and the pressure to relax these conditions utilized Portugal to take control.
After throwing a number of opportunities, Seleccao finally managed to equalize through Ronaldo scored in the 28th minute with the use of bait breakthrough Nani.
Goal is to create confidence and often threatened Portugal lifted the Netherlands through an effective counter-attack them.
This strategy ultimately led to the second goal scored by Ronaldo, who returned after working together nicely with Moutinho and Nani.
Goal is to ensure the victory of Portugal at once led them into the quarter-finals to face the winner of Group A, Czech Republic.
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