[1] Also, in another major change, for the first time in a European Championship, only two venues (St. Jakob-Park, Basel and Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna) were used for the seven matches in the knockout stage of the tournament.
Portugal pulled one back five minutes before half-time, but Germany restored their two-goal lead on the hour mark.
A long free kick from Turkey goalkeeper Rüştü Reçber found Semih Şentürk on the edge of the area; the striker turned and hit a shot into the top corner of the net to take the game to a penalty shootout.
The Netherlands' players wore black armbands in sympathy for the death of Anissa, Khalid Boulahrouz's premature baby daughter.
[2] Eugen Strigel, head of the German referee committee, later judged the reversal against regulations as based on a mistaken premise.
[3] The Russians played on with 11 players and with two quick-fire goals in the last eight minutes of extra time from Dmitri Torbinski and Andrei Arshavin secured a remarkable win.
Turkey managed to get back seven minutes later when Semih Şentürk flicked the ball past Jens Lehmann.
Television pictures in several countries were interrupted on three occasions, including at the time of Klose and Semih's goals.
Man of the Match: Philipp Lahm (Germany)[13] Assistant referees:[14][6] Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Stéphane Cuhat (Switzerland) Fourth official: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) Reserve assistant referee: Henrik Andrén (Sweden) Man of the Match: Andrés Iniesta (Spain)[15] Assistant referees:[16][6] Peter Hermans (Belgium) Alex Verstraeten (Belgium) Fourth official: Kyros Vassaras (Greece) Reserve assistant referee: Dimitrios Saraidaris (Greece) The final match was played between Germany and Spain on 29 June 2008 at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna, Austria.