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EURO 2020: Germany coach Loew faced with attacking puzzle ahead of Portugal clash

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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his second team goal during the Euro 2020 football championship group F match between Hungary and Portugal at the Ferenc Puskas stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. [Bernadett Szabo/Pool via AP]

Germany will need to come up with an attacking plan that can work against Portugal today after their Group F opening loss to France has put them under pressure from the very start of the European Championship.

The Germans have looked more solid at the back of late, and despite a Mats Hummels own goal against world champions France, had done a decent job at containing as much as possible one of the world’s best frontlines with Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema.

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