Scoreless at break in third-place play-off

Germany 0 Portugal 0

Germany and Portugal settled for a goalless, yet entertaining first half in their third-place play-off match in Stuttgart.

The tournament hosts wasted a flurry of promising set-pieces, while back-up goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who wore the captain´s armband, denied Pauleta from close range on the quarter-hour mark.

Future Chelsea star Michael Ballack was missing through a minor knee injury.