wow what a lovely lovely day absolutely glorious weather here as we welcome you to a football match
of considerable significance great consequence in this part of the world they've been talking about
this one for a while and they have rolled up to it in fantastic numbers you should have seen the
roads outside the ground in the arrow two leading up to it it has been bumper to bumper
the traffic has been extraordinary but the level of expectation is also very very high
and these supporters who were queuing around the block for their tickets as soon as we knew
the date of the fixture well now they can't wait for it to begin and begin it will any second now
so what a stage for the players to take to here ahead of such an important game
well that has got the juices flowing and now this
oh a mouth-watering game this between two very high quality sides a treat for everybody here
oh get ready for some high-grade football peter two strong teams as you say full of wonderful
individual talent and we have every right to anticipate some really entertaining football
as to whether we'll see a high scoring contest that's a little harder to predict
i'm not complaining though because there are good players
everywhere you look around this surface and that's a fine start in itself
there's the whistle and here we go
jim who do you pick out as the telling individual today yeah robert lewandowski he's just about the
perfect all-round striker not least because he can finish equally well with both feet peter
it's not all about his finishing though he's always on the shoulder looking for that ball
in behind and that prevents the opposition defense from getting too high or indeed
getting too comfortable not to disagree with that it is the sort of situation he thrives in
look at the defender bombing forward
and the ball is out of play
krasitzky great strength too strong for his opponent he wasn't very far from
making something happen by himself lovely to see
brent
and it's paid forward and here's canaabri
gets up to he's pulled off a fine save well you can't ask for much more than that a
difficult moment he simply had to deal with poland caring about it patiently perhaps too patiently
no change to the score nil nil it remains
drakovic spreads it towards the left
place it out to the wing beautifully done
tries to get it forward quickly
out to the right now it's canavery
place it into the box going for goal
well he should have done better and he knows it a more than decent attempt peter
zielinski it's come loose it's levantovsky oh daddy's asking for
trouble gimmick drives it forward verna kings it out wide brunt
it's a very good battle there terrific to watch well the further he went the more attention he
attracted there was just way too much pressure for him to get the shot away and here's grazinski
and help's available out wide
oh great shapes to shoot it's in and always such a great time to score a brilliant boost
before you head in for half time and you can guarantee that dressing room will be buzzing now
he does it all with an air of efficiency and simplicity yeah that's brilliant from him
such a calm finish just pick your spot
don't think about what the keeper is going to do concentrate on what you have to do
germany take the lead one nil well just listen to the reaction i think
you can hear the approval from the support all around the stadium
one
and the first half is done and there we are off they go for half time the great food did indeed
come in the first half but there has only been that one goal with themselves on the back too
they work tirelessly for me germany head into the dressing room pleased with the
thought that they have that all important lead analysis to come during the break
already up and running for the second half
germany really need to go and grab another goal now peter if they're gonna go on and secure this
and the through ball is intercepted zielinski and the counter is on
can't get the better of his opposite number
task needed to be better than that and he knows it
timely intervention zielinski
gets it back
almost an hour gone your impression so far jim well peter if they're attempting to
see out the game with such a narrow advantage there's room for trouble uh i'd coach for goal
their attempt just the wrong outcome good effort
very good effort he would have at least wanted to make the keeper worked out
hoist it forward
germany got their goal at the end of the first half and the score is one nil
oh they can break here krazytzky more than happy to take the muscular approach
brandt
it goes
good challenge excellent challenge
peter they have to fight the onset of desperation and keep enough cool heads to still deliver
that's sprayed out wide brunch towering header they did it
too and threatening to pull clear lovely header but really it was all about the delivery
well look it's it's often the timing of the jump that dictates what you can do with any header and
if you get it slightly wrong then you'll struggle but that was beautifully met it really was
poland have turned to their bench and we're going to have a substitution yeah it's about
time i think we saw some activity from the bench but it's it's debatable as to
what level of impact can be made from here it's it's pretty late so that's two now without reply
good now bri good night
oh just lacked a decent finish look it was achievable peter but it needed his best
doesn't get the past he's looking for
and the finish brzezinski certainly knows how to use the shimmy too very good effect
ginta plays it forward two minutes to be added on
krikkoviak gets wrestled off the ball brent played out to the right
and a header and the balls come out oh real danger here real chance they are rampant
and the lead is free it is surely done lovely goal perfect poise to set himself for the strike
three with added time is up and there goes the whistle germany a class apart opponents torn
apart they are comprehensive winners if you sum up what we've witnessed jim look we saw some textbook
football from white areas that continued to produce expansive attacking play that was