Day 10

Portugal 2-1 Holland

A double from captain Cristiano Ronaldo has sent Portugal through to the Quarter Final's of Euro 2012, eliminating one of the favourites for the competition, the Netherlands, in the process. Needing a two-goal win to progress, Holland took the lead early through their skipper Rafael Van Der Vaart, however they couldn't sustain a challenge, allowing Portugal to gain a rather comfortable victory.

Knowing that they needed a two-goal win, plus results in the other game to go their way, in order to qualify, the Dutch came out of the blocks firing. Van Der Vaart, who captained the side despite being left out for the first two games, scored on 11 minutes to give them hope. Arjen Robben had cut inboard from the right, and teed up Van Der Vaart, who took one touch onto his left foot before curling his shot into the bottom corner from 25 yards out.

However Portugal looked to equalise immediately. Ronaldo was at the heart of every move, and was unlucky to hit the post with a rasping shot.

But he had his goal on 28 minutes, receiving a lovely through ball from Joao Pereira before calmly slotting past Maarten Stekelenburg.

It was all the Dutch needed to put their heads down, and Portugal looked to capitalise.

They dominated the rest of the half, and could have easily scored three or four more goals before the interval.

After the break it was much the same, with Ronaldo producing a glittering display on the biggest stage. Stekelenburg made a wonderful reflex save to deny Nani's point-blank effort, before the Portuguese captain took it upon himself to seal qualification.

A quick counter attack left the Portuguese with a three on two, and Nani slipped a nice ball through to Ronaldo, who shifted the ball onto his preferred right foot before lashing it past the keeper at his near post.

The Dutch were shell shocked, and despite Van Der Vaart curling an almost carbon copy of his first goal against the post, they had no answers.

Ronaldo deserved a hat trick, and almost got one deep into stoppage time when he struck the post for the second time of the night.

But it was the team which mattered most to Ronaldo, a fact highlighted when the final whistle sounded to confirm Portugal's place in the Quarter Final's. Their reaction was in stark contract to Holland's, who couldn't quite believe they'd be exiting Euro 2012 with not a single point.

Denmark 1-2 Germany

Germany breezed through the 'Group of Death', registering a 100% record with a 2-1 victory over Denmark in Lviv. The win meant the German's finished top of Group B, but resigned a brave Denmark to an early exit from the competition.

Needing only a point to qualify top of the group, Germany dominated early. Thomas Muller was lively on the right wing, forcing Danish keeper Stephan Andersen into a couple of quality saves early.

It wasn't long before Germany took the lead, with Lukas Podolski capping his 100th international appearance by scoring after 19 minutes. Muller was, unsurprisingly, the creator of the goal, flashing a cross into the box and allowing Podolski to run onto the ball and sweep it home.

However Denmark, as they've done throughout the competition, refused to give up. Just six minutes later and a deep corner was headed back into the danger area by Nicklas Bendtner. Michael Krohn-Dehli, scorer of the winning goal on Match Day 1, was quickly on to the ball, glancing his header past Manuel Neuer for a shock equaliser.

Germany continued to monopolise possession, but couldn't find a second goal.

That was until Lars Bender scored his first international goal with just 10 minutes remaining. A quick counter attack saw substitute Andre Schurrle play the ball into Bender's path, and he cooly slotted the ball past Andersen to give his nation all three points.

As well as confirming Germany's place on top of Group B, the goal also meant a gallant Denmark wouldn't qualify for the Quarter Final's.

Germany 9 (+3)

Portugal 6 (+1)

Denmark 3 (-1)

Holland 0 (-3)