Preamble: Welcome to The Score's ongoing coverage of the 2012 European Championships. Today/tonight/whenever wherever you may be, we have potentially the most lopsided Euro quarterfinal in the history of the competition.

Well, I don't really want to go that far but this is pretty unbalanced on both paper and in performance. The Germans, the tournament favorites by many, look to book a place in the semifinals against the resilience Greeks, who sneaked into the knockout round on the final day of the group stage with a 1-0 win over Russia.

You know, Greece was in a similar position eight years ago. And, yeah, we all know how that unfolded. Don't write off the Ethniki.

Changes are afoot: The biggest news coming out of the respective locker rooms is the changes made to the German team by manager Joachim Löw. He's changed his entire front three for this match, drafting in Miroslav Klose, Marco Reus and André Schürrle.

What does this mean? Well, it means traditional favorites Lukas Podolski and Thomas Muller are relegated to the bench. So, too, is top goal scorer Mario Gomez.

It's an interesting, and somewhat risky, decision. Then again, this is the depth of quality Germany possesses. They must be the most talent laden team in the tournament.

1min: And we're off at PGE Arena. Sidenote - Karagounis is suspended for the Greeks, a heavy blow to their already dim prospects.

1min: Man, everyone likes the Germans by a 2-0 scoreline. I'm going to need to buy some more stickers if that plays out.

3min: The Greek defense is all over the place at the start. They are carved up again, with Schurrle's low ball from the right just behind an unmarked Klose in the center of the box.

4min: Oh my! The Germans have the ball in the back of the net, but the goal is ruled out for offside. It looked extremely tight - I didn't see it - with Schurrle nicking home the rebound off Sifakis from a low Khedira drive. Wow.

6min: Khedira blasts over from 20 yards. It's been all Germany thus far.

9min: Also, to clarify, many are asking why the changes were made in the first place. There are no injuries so this is purely a tactical decision by Low.

11min: Salpingidis attempts to hold up play for the Greeks after Germany lose possession in the attacking third. He can't do so, and the Germans get back to building again.

12min: Moments earlier, a rare bit of disheveled play from Schweinsteiger allowed Greece to attack through Salpingidis again, but the striker saw his pass deflected into the path of Neuer.

14min: Our first booking of the night goes to Samaras after the Greek forward/midfielder stood on Schweinsteiger's ankle well after the ball was moved on. That's about the third risky challenge from Samaras in the opening 15 minutes.

17min: Ozil loses his footing as he attempts to chase down a low through ball from Schweinsteiger. The pitch doesn't look tip-top, that's for sure.

20min: Despite the earlier dominance from Germany, the tempo hasn't been at the pace Ozil and company would like. It's been very jagged, stop-start thanks to the fouling.