The 37th minute of the match saw referee Milorad Mažič from Serbia showing a red card to Portuguese defender Pepe, ultimately ending Paulo Bento's army, which the Germans had already beaten 2:0.
Nevertheless, Portuguese footballers still hoped to recover from the strikes of Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels, but all matters were resolved by the referee's decision, leaving the Portuguese in a state of despair.
"The decision was too harsh," - assessed Portuguese coach P. Bento.
He was angry at the referee, who in the specialist's opinion, made more favorable decisions for the Germans.
"As always, everyone is biased against us," - disappointment after the match was not hidden by 32-year-old defender Bruno Alves.
"I don't like to talk much about refereeing, but you saw for yourselves. The referee could have given us an obvious penalty kick, but in this match he gave us nothing," - stated the representative of Istanbul's "Fenerbahce".
"I would like to see a replay. I hope everything was fine on my part," - said Thomas Muller, who scored three goals, and Pepe, who had previously given him a slap and later headbutted him, was expelled from the field in the fourth consecutive championship. "I cannot say exactly what happened, but I hope I did not appear foolish. I did not want to provoke anything."
Indeed, Portugal's national team coach P. Bento did not blame only the referees.
"I'm not saying we lost just because of the referees. The loss was also determined by our offensive play," - admitted the strategist.
He assured that Cristiano Ronaldo, who passively appeared in the attack, was physically ready for the match and this could not have hindered him from playing to his full potential.
It seems that the best player in the world - German defensive credit.
"We wanted to make him feel uncomfortable only when he got the ball. That was done perfectly by the agile Jerome Boateng," - highlighted German coach Joachim Loew about his pupil.
M.Gotze earned penalty:
Pepe red card:
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