Thomas Muller hit a hat-trick as Germany ran out 4-0 winners on a comfortable night for Joachim Low's side in Salvador.
Germany might have come to this game worrying about their lack of a striker, or the injured Marco Reus, or Bastian Schweinsteiger, or the threat of Cristiano Ronaldo. But it was the most unthreatening first half imaginable, as Germany walked through a Portugal team who looked very far away from realising any of their potential.
The errors – defensive and disciplinary – from Portugal were so glaring that Germany had to do very little out of the ordinary to turn their hardest group game into a cake-walk.
Pepe, a regular villain on the European stage, clearly packed his petulance with his hand luggage, after receiving a first half red card for an apparent head-butt on Muller.
To see how he and all the others fared tonight, click below for our player ratings!
Germany v Portugal - player ratings
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