[6] In the next match, Germany defeated Portugal 1–0 with a 72nd-minute goal from Mario Gómez, leaving Germany and Denmark tied at three points at the top of the group with Portugal and the Netherlands at the bottom of the group with no points.
Striker Mario Gómez scored twice in the first half (24th and 38th minute) to put the Germans ahead 2–0, and despite a 73rd-minute goal from Robin van Persie, Germany won 2–1.
[10] In the other match (played simultaneously in order to prevent the teams from gaining a strategic advantage by knowing the result of the other match on the same day) between Portugal and Netherlands, Rafael van der Vaart scored to give the Netherlands a lead for the first time in the entire tournament, but after much criticism in the media for his failure to score in the first two matches,[11][12] Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to secure a 2–1 victory for Portugal.
[13] With these results, Germany and Portugal qualified, in first and second place, respectively, and Denmark and Netherlands were eliminated.
In the quarter-finals, Man of the Match: Michael Krohn-Dehli (Denmark)[14] Assistant referees:[16] Primoz Arhar (Slovenia) Matej Žunič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) Additional assistant referees: Matej Jug (Slovenia) Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Reserve assistant referee: Roman Slyško (Slovakia) Man of the Match: Mesut Özil (Germany)[17] Assistant referees:[19] Frédéric Cano (France) Michaël Annonier (France) Fourth official: Marcin Borski (Poland) Additional assistant referees: Fredy Fautrel (France) Ruddy Buquet (France) Reserve assistant referee: Marcin Borkowski (Poland) Man of the Match: Pepe (Portugal)[20] Assistant referees:[22] Alasdair Ross (Scotland) Derek Rose (Scotland) Fourth official: Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine) Additional assistant referees: William Collum (Scotland) Euan Norris (Scotland) Reserve assistant referee: Oleksandr Voytyuk (Ukraine) Man of the Match: Mario Gómez (Germany)[23] Assistant referees:[25] Stefan Wittberg (Sweden) Mathias Klasenius (Sweden) Fourth official: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) Additional assistant referees: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden) Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) Reserve assistant referee: Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland) Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)[26] Assistant referees:[28] Renato Faverani (Italy) Andrea Stefani (Italy) Fourth official: Martin Atkinson (England) Additional assistant referees: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) Reserve assistant referee: Michael Mullarkey (England) Man of the Match: Lukas Podolski (Germany)[29] Assistant referees:[31] Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Fourth official: Mark Clattenburg (England) Additional assistant referees: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain) Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain) Reserve assistant referee: Peter Kirkup (England)