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Monday, 16 June 2014

Germany v Portugal: Thomas Müller scores hat-trick after Portuguese capitulate following straight red card for Pepe

There are no ear-rings, bling or designer hair styles with Thomas Müller, but in a beauty contest against Cristiano Ronaldo in Salvador, the German delivered emphatic proof that substance beats style every time when you score a hat-trick.
Müller, the winner of the Golden Boot at South Africa 2010, put the current holder of the Ballon d’Or firmly in his place by leading Germany to victory against Portugal with the first hat-trick of this World Cup.
How Ronaldo must wish he could play in white at the World Cup, just as he does for Real Madrid in La Liga. Then again, Germany are one of the few teams that can probably succeed well enough without him.
But in front of the watching German chancellor Angela Merkel, Joachim Low’s team showed they are determined to lead Europe’s challenge in Brazil.
Despite having won just three of their seventeen previous encounters with the Germans, Portugal went into this Group G fixture sensing the opportunity to improve their miserable record against the three-time world champions.

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