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LISBON, Portugal, June 23 (UPI) -- The Czech Republic, playing with what was essentially a second-string side, eliminated Germany from Euro 2004 Wednesday with a 2-1 victory.
A win would have put Germany in the quarterfinals, but the Czech Republic beat the Germans in an international contest for the first time in 40 years.
The Netherlands, meanwhile, earned a quarterfinal berth with a 3-0 blanking of Latvia in the final Group D match.
Quarterfinal action begins Thursday with England meeting Portugal and continues the next three days with France playing Greece, Sweden facing the Netherlands and Denmark taking on the Czech Republic.
Germany took the lead Wednesday when Michael Ballack struck home a left-footed shot in the 23rd minute.
But Marek Heinz answered for the Czechs -- who already had qualified for the quarterfinals and were resting several key players -- just seven minutes later.
The tying goal came from Oliver Kahn and substitute Milan Baros sealed the German's fate with his fourth goal of the tournament in the 77th minute.
Germany has not won a European championship tournament game since beating the Czechs to win the title in 1996.
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