FULL-TIME: PORTUGAL 2-3 GERMANY

The Germany fans are breaking into full voice now as they begin to anticipate a place in the semi-finals after what has been a clinical display

Luiz Felipe Scolari is trying to will the ball in for his side on the edge of his technical area. The Chelsea-bound coach is just moments away from bringing the curtain down on his time at the Portugal helm

Four tense minutes will be added to this thoroughly entertaining match

Postiga has his name taken for a late challenge on Mertesacker

Klose heads off with Marcell Jansen coming on as a late sub to kill off more seconds

Suddenly the red-shirted hoards inside the stadium are alive and the German fans and players are looking a little nervous

PORTUGAL 2-3 GERMANY: It's game on now as Nani picks out a pinpoint cross and POSTIGA heads home when unmarked from ten yards

Postiga barges into Lehmann and the veteran keeper will certainly make the most of this as he goes down holding his face but receives treatment on his thigh!

Portugal are piling forward in numbers but their wealth of attacking talent just hasn't clicked tonight

Schweinsteiger heads off to warm applause with Clemens Fritz entering the fray

Germany have every man back behind the ball as Portugal turn the screw looking for a way back into this game

Simao blazes an ambitious effort well off target when he had better options in support and the Portuguese fans inside the stadium let out an audible groan

Podolski tries his luck with a stunning left-foot thunderbolt from fully 35 yards which flashes inches wide of the upright with Ricardo rooted to his spot

Lehmann sees the danger early and plucks a deflected cross out of the air ahead of the jumping Ronaldo

Raul Meireles is next to try his luck but snatches at the long-range effort and Luiz Felipe Scolari on the Portugal bench looks less than impressed

Nani lashes an ambitious 30-yard shot over the crossbar as Portugal break with real pace and purpose

Portugal send on Helder Postiga for Petit at the same time

Tim Borowski replaces Hitzlsperger for Germany

Deco tees up Petit whose stinging low shot from 20 yards is well held by Lehmann who has looked assured so far tonight

Lahm gets a lucky break off a defender before driving a low shot wide of the far post from the edge of the penalty area

Ronaldo takes a deep breath before lashing a rising 25-yard free-kick high and wide of the target to the delight of the German fans

Nuno Gomes makes way for Nani with the captain's armband handed to Ronaldo

Luiz Felipe Scolari is preparing to send on Nani with his team in dire straits

The German fans packed inside St. Jakob Park are in full voice now as they begin to anticipate a place in the semi-finals

PORTUGAL 1-3 GERMANY: BALLACK this time profits from more poor defending as he heads home a Schweinsteiger free-kick from an unmarked position six yards out. That was a carbon copy of the second goal!

Pepe body checks the breaking Klose and has his name taken. There's no complaints about that one

Pepe holds his head in his hands as Deco flicks on a near-post corner and he can only deflect it over from four yards with an instant effort

Ronaldo's dipping cross looking for Nuno Gomes is too close to Lehmann who claims with some commanding goalkeeping

Bosingwa's early cross is too high for Ronaldo but Portugal are pressing for the equaliser at the moment

The rain is falling heavily now in Basel and it will be interesting to see how this recently re-laid pitch copes with the deluge

Hitzlsperger controls the ball well on the edge of the penalty area but his rising left-foot shot is well over the top of Ricardo's crossbar

Paulo Ferreira crashes into the back of Schweinsteiger but we're spared another quick-fire caution

Lahm quickly follows him into the book for bringing down Simao

Ronaldo is tripped by a cynical Friedrich challenge and the Germany full-back is booked. He also trods on the writhing winger on his way past and is perhaps lucky not to be punished more severely

Deco tees the ball up but Meireles drags a poor effort from 20 yards well wide from a central position

Portugal kick-off the second half of this enthralling match

HALF-TIME: PORTUGAL 1-2 GERMANY

Ronaldo in inches away from drawing his side level as he wrong-foots his marker before looking to pick out the far corner with a curling low shot which drifts marginally wide

Ballack cuts inside onto his right foot and decides to test the keeper from an acute angle but Ricardo gets down well at the base of his near post to repel the effort

Ballack executes a neat flick in the centre circle and that just highlights the high-quality nature of this game with players keen to express themselves

This is already a classic European Championship quarter-final and the second half promises to be even better as Portugal are really fighting back hard

PORTUGAL 1-2 GERMANY: NUNO GOMES is on hand to fire the ball home from ten yards as Lehmann saves Ronaldo's initial effort following a superb flowing move from one end of the pitch to the other

Ronaldo and Deco are beginning to see more of the ball as the half draws towards a close, but Luiz Felipe Scolari will need to earn his money with an inspirational half-time teamtalk

Raul Meireles slices at a 25-yard shot which drifts well off target and the German fans behind that goal enjoyed that effort

Nuno Gomes goes to ground in the box claiming a tug at his shirt from Metzelder but the referee is not interested and waves play on

Portugal are enjoying more possession now but they are yet to seriously threaten Lehmann in the Germany goal

Simao and Ronaldo combine with some neat tricks but the latter's low cross looking for the unmarked Nuno Gomes is cleared for a corner

Joao Moutinho heads off still struggling with the earlier knock and on comes Raul Meireles

Luiz Felipe Scolari is already planning changes and it's fair to suggest he's less than happy with the first 30 minutes here in Basel

The Portuguese players and fans look absolutely stunned by this scoreline. However, their defending on the second goal was virtually non-existent!

PORTUGAL 0-2 GERMANY: Schweinsteiger clips in a free-kick and KLOSE is left unmarked as he flicks home a simple header from eight yards amid some woeful defending

Petit is the first name in the book for a clumsy challenge on Metzelder

Joao Moutinho is left in a heap following a challenge with Ballack. The stretcher is on and Luiz Felipe Scolari is looking concerned in the technical area

PORTUGAL 0-1 GERMANY: Ballack and Podolski combine superbly down the right and the latter's low centre is slid home by SCHWEINSTEIGER who arrived late into the box with defenders in his wake

Joao Moutinho holds his head as he nips ahead of Metzelder but manages to knee Bosingwa's inviting cross from the right over the top from six yards - a header would surely have buried that chance

Arne Friedrich slides in to knock a superb reverse pass looking to play in the charging Ronaldo out for a corner. That was a quality passing move which almost opens up Germany

Schweinsteiger beats Paulo Ferreira and looks to pick out a team-mate in the box but his cross is blocked out by a vital touch for a corner

Per Mertesacker gets away with a poor back pass as Lehmann clears the ball just ahead of the rapidly closing Nuno Gomes

Sabrosa Simao tests Lehmann at his near post as he is played in down the inside right channel and looks to squeeze the ball home from 12 yards

Miroslav Klose looks to cut inside his marker on the edge of the penalty area before throwing himself to the ground. The referee is right to tell him to get up after than blatant piece of simulation

Christoph Metzelder and Petit both go to ground holding their faces following a nothing clash on the edge of the Portugal box. That was a real moment of comedy as the referee at first waved play on

Bosingwa whips over a dangerous cross from the right but Gomes can't quite reach it when arriving into the penalty area - that's the first dangerous moment of the game

Hitzlsperger wastes a long-range free-kick as he smashes it straight into the wall - the defenders who went up from the back look less than impressed with that!

Deco heads down a long ball from Jose Bosingwa but Lehmann claims ahead of the rather leaden-footed Nuno Gomes

Germany are on top in terms of possession in these opening stages, but as yet goalkeeper Ricardo has not had a touch of the ball

Cristiano Ronaldo picks up a loose ball but his cross from the left is too close to Jens Lehmann who holds with ease

Joachim Low cuts a fairly lonely figure high in the stands in an executive box. This will certainly be a frustrating night for the banned Germany coach

Pepe wins a commanding header and sends Schweinsteiger crashing to the ground - that's a signal of intent from the big Portugal defender

Germany get this game underway on a scrappy looking recently replaced pitch here in Basel

Portugal have no such problems and are unchanged from the side that defeated the Czech Republic in their second and decisive group stage game

Germany haven’t been helped by a rib injury to midfielder Torsten Frings and coach Joachim Low’s one-match touchline ban. Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Simon Rolfes come into the side, with Mario Gomez and Clemens Fritz dropped

Portugal have been installed as favourites to reach the last four as they won Group A at a canter, while Germany made hard work of qualifying as runners-up to Croatia in Group B

Portugal and Germany will lock horns in a titanic first quarter-final at Euro 2008 this evening in Basel