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Germany out to settle Poland score
AFP, BERLIN: Thomas Mueller says Germany need to recapture their 2014 World Cup-winning form – and settle a score – against Poland in the first of two key Euro 2016 qualifiers on Friday. By their own admission, Joachim Loew’s side have been below-par since winning the World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro and find themselves in the usual position of being second in Group D, a point behind leaders Poland.
The Germans host Poland, then face third-placed Scotland in Glasgow on Monday, and as Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer says “we need six points”.
First up, Loew’s team are out to avenge their historic 2-0 defeat to Poland in Warsaw last October, which was followed by a 1-1 draw at home to the Republic of Ireland.
“We have a score to settle with Poland,” said Bayern Munich star Mueller. “They are first, we are second, of course, we want to pass them in the table, but it’s going to be tough work, we know that. “We need to play the sort of football again which we haven’t seen for a while.” His Bayern team-mate Robert Lewandowski will lead Poland’s attack and Mueller says keeping the hot-shot striker quiet is a factor: “but it’s not just about Lewandowski, we have to stop their counter-attack and defend the space as well.” “After a year of not really playing like World Cup winners, we are in a bit of a tight spot and these are two games of truth,” summarised Loew.

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Germany out to settle Poland score AFP, BERLIN: Thomas Mueller says Germany need to recapture their 2014 World Cup-winning form and settle a score against Poland in the first of two key Euro 2016 qualifiers on Friday. By their own admission, Joachim Loews side have been below-par since winning the World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro and find themselves in the usual position of being second in Group D, a point behind leaders Poland. The Germans host Poland, then face third-placed Scotland in Glasgow on Monday, and as Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer says we need six points. First up, Loews team are out to avenge their historic 2-0 defeat to Poland in Warsaw last October, which was followed by a 1-1 draw at home to the Republic of Ireland. We have a score to settle with Poland, said Bayern Munich star Mueller. They are first, we are second, of course, we want to pass them in the table, but its going to be tough work, we know that. We need to play the sort of football again which we havent seen for a while. His Bayern team-mate Robert Lewandowski will lead Polands attack and Mueller says keeping the hot-shot striker quiet is a factor: but its not just about Lewandowski, we have to stop their counter-attack and defend the space as well. After a year of not really playing like World Cup winners, we are in a bit of a tight spot and these are two games of truth, summarised Loew.