Euro 2008: Germany 2-0 Poland, Austria 0-1 Croatia.
Jun 09
A close call for Croatia’s win over Austria
Luka Modric’s penalty gave Croatia a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Austria in the opening Euro 2008 Group B match.
Croatia were made to work hard for their narrow victory as Austria, cheered on by a partisan home crowd at the Ernst Happel Stadion, recovered from a poor opening half-hour to push Slaven Bilic’s men all the way to the final whistle.
Germany dominate over Poland, winning 2-0.
Lukas Podolski collected a brace as the Germans show a killer instinct in front of goal to dominate the Poles 2-0.
Bayern Munich team-mates Miroslav Klose and Podolski - two of three Poland-born players in the Germany squad - combined in the 20th minute for the latter to put the 1996 European champions ahead, before Podolski sealed the win midway through the second half.
The outcome was partly because Poland had a horrible defence. Their players literally panicked when the likes of Podolski and Klose came close. The polish supporters looked almost embarrassed by their performance. And equally bad was their offence.
The victory continues Germany’s impressive unbeaten record against the Poles, which now stands at 12 wins and four draws, and saw them replace Croatia at the top of Group B.
Tomorrow’s matches should be interesting. At 9:30 we have Romania vs France, and then at 12:15 a.m. we have a must watch Italy vs Netherlands. Be sure to bookmark out Euro 2008 schedule for future reference.
Stumble it!
Jun 09 at 06:12
The first match today was freaking boring! I left halfway through. As for the second match, it wasn’t just the Polish team being average, Germany played really well. The Polls do some superb passes though
Jun 09 at 06:44
Ballack might just lead the Germans into the finals.