Choking, Portugal tries to break routine defeats to Germany

Competitors faced off in the World Cup in Germany and in the last two editions of the Tournament, always with advantage to the Germans. Head opens Group G                                                                                                                                             The opening match of Group G has almost become routine in major competitions. No wonder: the next clash Monday between Germany and Portugal will be the fourth of the two teams in the last five major tournaments FIFA. And the game has established a recent parish. In the World Cup 2006 and the last two editions of the Tournament (2008/12), the Germans were the victors. A fate that Cristiano Ronaldo and company hope to foreclose on Brazilian soil. The issue has been a recurring theme in the collective interviews of Portugal in Campinas. Any player that talks to the press has to respond on the matter. It was no different with the goalkeeper Eduardo, who started in South Africa in 2010 and defended in Braga 2013/14 season. He was keen to praise the Portuguese squad to remember that Germany did not have it easy in Salvador.

Parish? Eduardo leaves in the past and emphasizes statistical quality of the Portuguese national team (Photo: Reuters)

- The previous games were in the past. Time to change that. We are sure that we can, yes, winning.We are confident. Every game is different and has their story. Our team is prepared, and I can guarantee that Portugal has a high level team. Our quality is also keeping opponents. Football is unpredictable. Germany has a great selection and will try to control the game but we have to show why we are here. We have studied the opponent, which has strengths and weaknesses. These we need to explore. The defeats served learning. Now is a new stage - he stressed. 's only win in Portugal in major FIFA competitions was in the group stage of Euro 2000: 3-0 In retrospect the confrontation, the advantage is also Germany: 10 wins, against five. selection of the Lusitanian and five draws. Nothing, however, that the technical Joachim Low carried away.

Respect: Löw ignores advantage in confrontations facing a deadly adversary (Photo: Reuters)

- I'm not thinking of a debut it was 4-1 against Yugoslavia (1990), 4-2 in Costa Rica (2006) or 4-0 in Australia (2010). Portugal has fantastic players and really be a major obstacle, as it has been in recent years. If we look at previous tournaments, is a team that has always progressed in any kind of tournament. At the last Euro fell on penalties to Spain, but it could very well be in the final. There are many situations where they really are deadly: 12 goals in the last ten were counter-attack. That speaks for itself -. Said Germany and Portugal face off next Monday at 13h (GMT), Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador. The game opens the group G of the World Cup.