Intro:
Germany get back to training at Euro 2012 after the players were given a rest day.
The team is through to the quarter-finals following their 2-1 win over Denmark on Sunday.
Script:
Germany's players return to the training pitch at Euro 2012.
Some getting in their exercise early by turning up on bike.
Manager Joachim Loew letting the team have a day off following their 2-1 win over Denmark on Sunday.
Lukas Podolski and Lars Bender scoring the goals to ensure Germany finish top of Group B with a 100 per cent record from their three matches.
Ominously it's the first time the Germans have ever done so at the Euros.
Bender was one of three players who didn't take part in training, along with Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mesut Ozil.
Later at a press conference Joachim Loew revealed that Schweinsteiger had a slight ankle problem.
Luckily he still has some time to recover.
Germany's next match is not until Friday.
They face Greece in the quarter-finals in Gdansk in Poland.
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Year | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
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2008 | Spain | Germany | Russia / Turkey |
2004 | Greece | Portugal | Netherlands / Czech Republic |
2000 | France | Italy | Netherlands / Portugal |
1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | France / England |
1992 | Denmark | Germany | Netherlands / Sweden |
1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Italy / West Germany |
1984 | France | Spain | Denmark / Portugal |
1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Czechoslovakia |
1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Netherlands |
1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Belgium |
1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | England |
1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Hungary |
1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |