Lukas Podolski dedicated the result to a waking Michael Schumacher after Germany topped Portugal, though confirmation that the racing driver had left hospital came as news to L?w. “If that is true, it is great news for everyone,” he said. “Michael has the best wishes of all of us.”

德國隊戰勝葡萄牙，盧卡斯·波多爾斯基把勝利獻給蘇醒過來的邁克爾·舒馬赫。勒夫此前并不了解舒馬赫傷情的最新進展。他說：“如果消息屬實，對所有人都是好事，我們向邁克爾傳遞最好的祝愿。”