EURO 2012: Late Goal Keeps Portugal's Advancement Hopes Alive;Super Mario's Double Puts Germany On Cusp Of Quarterfinals

The European Championship continued with two games in Group B, both played in Ukraine on Wednesday.

At Lviv:



Silvestre Varela scored the winning goal in the 87th minute as Portugal blew a two-goal lead, but then pulled out a 3-2 win over Denmark.  Pepe (24', shown here) and Helder Postiga (36') also scored for the Portuguese while Nicklas Bendtner scored both of Denmark's goals (41', 80')


At Kharkiv:





Mario Gomez scored twice (24', 38') enabled Germany to hold off the Netherlands 2-1 and all but clinch a berth in the quarterfinal round.  That's Super Mario's first goal shown here.


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GROUP B STANDINGS:


1. Germany (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
2. Portugal (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
3. Denmark (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. Netherlands (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 0)