Euro 2016 Group C, Germany v Poland, 8PM RTE 2 & ITV

~Rebel~

christ how'd he not put that away?!

Red Kev

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

Bit of a damp squid this game,nothing happening. A draw puts both teams through

Not true. If they both lose the last match they end out on 4 points which isn't necessarily a guarantee of being in the best 3rd place finishers.

Mec27 wrote: »

Nobody knows what I mean when I said it but I'll say it again, all the matches seem the exact same. This tournament isn't going to come alive till last 16.

Teams are far more evenly matched in this tournament than before IMO. The days of 5-0 trashings are largely gone. There's been some cracking matches, they don't need to end out 3-3 or 4-3 to be an excellent match.

citytillidie

One of the russian ultra twitter feeds is reporting a Polish fan has fallen from a podium not going to post link as it contains a picture.

But it was the 1st place i seen about the N.Ireland fan dying at todays game

jester77

Great tackle Boateng

Utopia Parkway

Boateng has made some last gasp clearances for Germany in the two games so far.

Diabhal Beag

Lewandowski you rascal

cameramonkey

great chance for Poland, he wanted too much time to shoot.

~Rebel~

Oof, great tackle, but I think Lewandowski could have taken it sooner..



as for the tournament in general, i've really enjoyed it so far to be honest. It's been very competitive for the most part.

cameramonkey

Poland could win this if they go for it.

Clear Hearts

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Hard to pin down what exactly Gotze does for a football team

He scored that winning goal in the WC, I cant think of any other reason hes starting over Gomez

namloc1980

No forwards is a huge problem for Germany.

Clear Hearts

City dying for a cb, oh how funny it is they sold Boateng possibly the best defender in the world

~Rebel~

Clear Hearts wrote: »

He scored that winning goal in the WC, I cant think of any other reason hes starting over Gomez

It doesn't make a lot of sense...I think Gotze is a fine player, but not in this role. He just seems lost up there.

GreNoLi

The ultimate goal hanger coming on.

namloc1980

Brutal finishing by Poland.

jester77

How many good chances do Poland want

XR3i

up poland

GreNoLi

Such a Milik toast finish.

derm0j073

Milik made a right balls of that.

~Rebel~

Get ready to use this lads; http://www.tomnash.eu/gomez-button.html

Grandeeod

Despite Ozils chance just now, Poland look decent enough as we should already appreciate.

Mr.Nice Guy

Löw needs to pull the finger out here and make sure he grabs this game by the balls, otherwise Poland may be in with a real sniff of a chance.

BorneTobyWilde

Suddenly its more interesting.

~Rebel~

Germany just not at it at all today. Don't look like a team.

Where's the electric pace and passing this team provided when they were all 20 or 21 at the world cup 6 years ago?

citytillidie

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Germany just not at it at all today. Don't look like a team.

Where's the electric pace and passing this team provided when they were all 20 or 21 at the world cup 6 years ago?

Maybe Ukraine just made them look good

R00ster

Boateng lucky not to walk for that.

AllGunsBlazing

Such a waste.

niallo27

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Germany just not at it at all today. Don't look like a team.

Where's the electric pace and passing this team provided when they were all 20 or 21 at the world cup 6 years ago?

Group stages with 24 teams is a bit of a joke. Nobody gives a ****e once they win a game.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Germany have no real wingers and yet play 2 full backs who aren't great going forward and they don't have a proper striker.

It doesn't sound to me to be a recipe for success as it makes them very predictable and easier to defend against.Still they have huge talent so perhaps that is enough to get by on.

ERG89

Grosicki gone off looks a lot like Joe from Impractical Jokers

BorneTobyWilde

Lemon Dot Ski with late winner maybe.

upandcumming

Lewandowski has done nothing at all.

LuckyGent88

That was such a brain dead free to give away. Lucky it didn't come to anything

pajor

I'm surprised that this game has been the first 0-0 result.

Expected a bit more from both sides.

Grandeeod

Grocsiki or what ever reminds me of this dude.

murpho999

Poor match, and I'm now doubting Germany's chances of winning the tournament.

Utopia Parkway

Most disappointing game of tournament so far.

PeterTheEighth

Shaking hands with Joachim Löw after the game? Brave man.

No doubt Off The Ball will fill us in with the CrotchWatch statistics tomorrow night.

~Rebel~

Germany got away with it really, by miles the 2 easiest chances went to Poland.

The Talking Bread

Clear Hearts wrote: »

City dying for a cb, oh how funny it is they sold Boateng possibly the best defender in the world

In fairness at the time not many questioned it. He wanted to go. Was desperate to win his place in the German national team, was being played out of position when he did get a chance.

BorneTobyWilde

Frustrating game.

rob316

Snooze fest, so disappointed.

2 fairly unconvincing displays from Germany, don't see them winning it.

Mec27

That was ****, down to just 1 game a day now, all the matches are the same :P

Grandeeod

rob316 wrote: »

Snooze fest, so disappointed.

2 fairly unconvincing displays from Germany, don't see them winning it.

Italy all the way and well after they hammer us 3-0.

DJIMI TRARORE

Lewi without a shot on target in tournament,cant see germany winning this

DubDani

Germany's second game syndrome... In the last 10 tournaments they have only managed 2 wins in the second group games, with 5 draws and 3 defeats. But they always get it done on the first and third group matches.

DubDani

Germany's second game syndrome... In the last 10 tournaments they have only managed 2 wins in the second group games, with 5 draws and 3 defeats. But they always get it done on the first and third group matches.

Clear Hearts

The Talking Bread wrote: »

In fairness at the time not many questioned it. He wanted to go. Was desperate to win his place in the German national team, was being played out of position when he did get a chance.

He played like 12 games was being kept out of the team by Micah Richards

letsseehere14

Bad news for NI. Means Germans need a win to ensure top spot in the group in their last group match. Three points may become the standard required for 3rd place progression, a big loss to the Germans may cost them.

Boskowski

Now that's 90 minutes of my life I'm not going to get back - or as the saying goes... On the upside we didn't concede.

Pretty much what I've been thinking all along, we just don't have it this time round. But you never know, its not like we never have sh1te games in tournaments, there's always been one or two unconvincing ones in there. So I wouldn't rule us out based on what I've seen so far but a fairly big improvement is required, this isn't going to get us to the final.

I'd love to offer a friendly compliment to the Polish team, but they were worse and actually seemed happy with that. Like I said, 90 minutes I'm not...