Portugal had led 2-1 after Ronaldo and Helder Postiga had overturned Antonio Valencia's second minute strike.

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Portugese striker Helder Postiga came in for Dame N'Doye while set-piece specialist Aendreas Ivanschitz replaced Simao in midfield.

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Germany, however, had to endure a nail-biting finale after Helder Postiga pulled one back for Portugal after 87 minutes.

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Dyer was up-ended on the left after some impressive work, and from the resulting free-kick, provided on-loan centre back Helder with his first goal for the club.

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Portugal's hopes of automatic qualification from Group F suffered a big blow as Cristiano Ronaldo's team needed late goals from Helder Postiga and Fabio Coentrao to draw 3-3 in Israel.

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Elsewhere, an historic night for Cristiano Ronaldo -- who was winning his 100th cap for Portugal -- was upstaged by visitors Northern Ireland , who led for large parts of the game in Porto before Helder Postiga earned a 1-1 draw just ten minutes from time.

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