One notoriously foul-heavy game in 2006 has been referred to as ‘the battle of nuremberg’. it took place between which two teams? portugal and spain, austria and belgiyam, germany and netherlanda, netherlands and portugal

The game was between NETHERLANDS AND PORTUGAL.
The football match was played in the round 16 of 2006 FIFA World Cup on June 25th, 2006. The Russian referee, Valentine Ivanowv, who oversee the match broke record by issuing four red cards and 16 yellow cards during the game. It was Portugal who have the only goal that was scored during the match. 

Netherlands and Portugal

The football match was played in the Round of 16 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup between Portugal and the Netherlands in Nuremberg on 25 June 2006. It was nicknamed the Battle of Nuremberg because Russian referee Valentin Ivanov issued a FIFA World Cup record four red cards and 16 yellow cards.

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