How Germany Went Down to Hard-Working Poland Without Their World Cup Stars

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Published: October 11, 2014

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Poland notched their first competitive win over Germany in 19 tries on Saturday night, stunning the World Cup winners with a 2-0 victory in Warsaw in the two teams' Euro 2016 qualifier. It marked the first qualifying-match loss for Joachim Low's team since 2007 and their first competitive defeat since becoming world champions. 

This result now knocks Group D wide open, with Poland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland all above the Germans in the group through points won or simple goal difference. 

Germany had always been considered strong favourites going into the game, but after a number of failed assaults on Wojciech Szczesny's goal, the home side took the lead when a well-crossed ball from Lukasz Piszczek found Arkadiusz Milik to header the ball home in the 51st minute. 

Low's side then huffed and puffed to find an equaliser, but as is so often the case in football, it just never seemed to be. Poland grabbed a second goal late just before full-time and confirmed their famous victory. 

What will trouble most German fans is the fact that this wasn't a bad performance from their national team. Poland worked hard and ultimately deserved their win, but no glaring mistakes or tactical faults stand out for the world champions. Germany simply lacked that magic touch; or rather, they lacked the players that made them special over the summer.



Bayer Leverkusen's Karim Bellarabi was a delight on his international debut for the national team, as he took to the task of shining in undoubtedly Germany's toughest game of the group.

On the right side of attack and then the left late in the first half, the winger constantly threatened and almost opened the scoring when an acute Mario Gotze cross found him with time and space to get a shot away. 

Despite ultimately losing the game, the Leverkusen star was continuously in the right place at th...
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