euro 2012 group B wrap up

two more close one.  germany ran the table by beating denmark 2-1 and will finish first with 9 points.  denmark will finish third with 3 points and is out.  meanwhile portugal beat netherlands 2-1.  portugal will finish second with 6 points and will join germany in the quarterfinals, while netherlands finshed with no points and is out.  in the quarters, germany will face greece on friday and portugal will face czech rep on thursday.  tomorrow to wrap up group C has croatia vs spain and italy vs ireland.  both games are at 12:45pm

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