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Euro 2008: Group B's final round

Fans share a joke before Austria v Germany
Fans share a joke before Austria v Germany Photograph: Samuel Kubani/AFP
The coaches of Austria and Germany - Josef Hickersberger, right, and Joachim Loew – shake hands ahead of the Group B match. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images
The coaches of Austria and Germany - Josef Hickersberger, right, and Joachim Loew – shake hands ahead of the Group B match. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty
A Poland fan before kick off at the Hypo-Arena. Photograph: Mike Egerton/Empics/PA
A Poland fan before kick off at the Hypo-Arena Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
Mixed reactions from the German striker Mario Gomez, left, and the Austrian goalkeeper Juergen Macho to an early missed chance. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA
Mixed reactions from the German striker Mario Gomez, left, and the Austrian goalkeeper Juergen Macho to an early missed chance Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA
The Croatian forward Mladen Petric, right, and Polish defender Jakub Wawrzyniak during the early stages of the match in Klagenfurt. Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
UnassignedThe Croatian forward Mladen Petric, right, and Polish defender Jakub Wawrzyniak during the early stages of the match in Klagenfurt Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
The German forward Lukas Podolski scraps with Austrian midfielder Rene Aufhauser during a goalless first half. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP
The German forward Lukas Podolski scraps with Austrian midfielder Rene Aufhauser during a goalless first half Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP
The head coaches Joachim Loew, center, and Josef Hickersberger, right, argue with the match's fourth official Damir Skomina. Boach coaches were sent to the stands in the first half.
The head coaches Joachim Loew, center, and Josef Hickersberger, right, argue with the match's fourth official Damir Skomina. Boach coaches were sent to the stands in the first half Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP
Loew and Hickersberger take the long walk from the pitch.
Loew and Hickersberger take the long walk from the pitch Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty
A 25-yard Michael Ballack free-kick opened the scoring for Germany and all but assured their passage to the quarter-finals.
A 25-yard Michael Ballack free-kick opened the scoring for Germany and all but assured their passage to the quarter-finals Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty
Croatia's Ivan Klasnic, the first player to take part in a European Championships after a kidney transplant, put his country 1-0 up against Poland and a possible 100 percent record in Group B.
Croatia's Ivan Klasnic, the first player to take part in a European Championships after a kidney transplant, put his country 1-0 up against Poland and en route to a possible 100 percent record in Group B Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
Klasnic is mobbed by jubilant team-mates after his emotional strike against Poland.
Klasnic is mobbed by jubilant team-mates after his emotional strike against Poland Photograph: Czarek Sokolowski/AP
An Austria fan begins to cope with the news that her team are going out of the competition without winning a single game.
An Austria fan begins to cope with the news that her team are going out of the competition without winning a single game Photograph: Herbert P Oczeret/EPA
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