It was extraordinary and it was exhausting and, by the end, Germany’s Euros had been resurrected while Portugal’s defense of its title looked far less assured than it had after it won its opener 3–0 against Hungary on Tuesday. Assessing what a frantic game, won 4–2 by the Germans on Saturday in Munich, actually says about the quality of the two sides is rather more complex.
In a sense, it’s no great revelation that Germany is very good going forward and rather less competent at the back but, still, the way the two wingbacks, Joshua Kimmich and Robin Gosens, tore Portugal to shreds was striking.