Germany vs. Poland – Neighbours meet again in Frankfurt

The Polish national team will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. With 14 points out of 6 games (4 wins & 2 draws), Poland currently sits on top of the Group D table, followed by Germany with 13 points.

Current World Champions Germany will go into game without star midfielder Marco Reus. The 26 year old will be watching the important match from the tribune due to a broken toe. Poland will be without defender Michal Pazdan, who suffered an elbow injury, while Karol Linetty is struggling after receiving an injury to the head during a training session.

In their last meeting in Warsaw last year, Poland surprisingly beat Germany by 2:0.

Robert Lewandowski will lead Poland’s attack and the striker says that Germany will be showing his side a lot more respect than they did when the teams last met.

“My teammates from Bayern told me after the first match they would do everything to take revenge in the second game,” said Lewandowski.

“I live in Germany and I can tell nobody is even contemplating missing out on the Euro finals. The only question is whether they will finish top of the group or runners-up. Germany look at us differently now. They respect us. I don’t think they will swarm all over us from the beginning as they know we could hit them on the counterattack.” Lewandowski adds further.

The game in Frankfurt also brings back memories of the 1974 meeting between Germany and Poland in the World Cup. The game became known as the “Water battle” or “Mecz na wodzie” in Polish. A heavy rain storm hit the city of Frankfurt on the day of the match and a second one just 1 hour ahead of the game, turning the pitch into field of water and mud.

The game this evening will kick off at 20:45.