Poland hold Germany to scoreless stalemate in Euro clash

Germany’s Mesut Ozil, right, fights for the ball with Poland’s Grzegorz Krychowiak during the Euro 2016 Group C soccer match between Germany and Poland at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Thursday, June 16, 2016.

“We were controlling things well, even at the end”. McGinn scored an injury time goal to make it 2-0 against Ukraine. There were times when Germany took the initiative, but we gave them that consciously, to allow us space to hit them on the counter attack.

“We had goalscoring chances”.

Midway through the second half Low sacrificed Julian Draxler and Mario Gotze for the more direct options provided by Mario Gomez and Andre Schurrle in his pursuit of victory.

“I’m happy with the performance of the team”.

“I’m very happy with the team, in particular their discipline and tactical awareness”. Everything has been realized on the pitch as prepared.

“If you ask me if I was anxious we were going to concede a goal, no I wasn’t”, Nawalka told a news conference. “I think we did it well as a team”.

Striker endures another frustrating night after being marked by club teammates who know his game well Tightly marked by past and present club teammates who know him well, Poland striker Robert Lewandowski endured another frustrating match at the European Championship Thursday night.

Striker and captain Robert Lewandowski has yet to score in the tournament and sometimes cut a frustrated figure at the Stade de France, howling at the unfortunate Milik after his partner failed to deliver a simple through ball. “He’s taking a lot of attention from the defenders and, because of that, other players get chances”, Poland coach Adam Nawalka said, praising Lewandowski’s unselfish attitude.

“He is at the highest level and l and I am pleased that he is in optimal form”.

They are now level on four points in Group C with one match in their section remaining – Germany play Northern Ireland in Paris on Tuesday while Poland play Ukraine in Marseille. “In the coming matches he will play equally as well as he did in the last few matches”.