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Germany and Poland played out the first goalless draw of Euro 2016 after picking up wins in their opening games respectively. There were chances at the start of the second half for both teams but other than that, there was little creativity from either camps.
Germany vs Poland:
FULL TIME: And it finishes Germany 0-0 Poland
76′ CHANGE: Jodłowiec in, Mączyński off
71′ CHANGE: Gomez in, Draxler out
65′ CHANGE: Schurrle on, Gotze off
60′ Mario Gomez warming up for Germany
47′ And now Gotze creates room inside the box from a Kroos through ball to sting the keeper’s hands. First shot that Poland have had on target this tournament.
46′ MISSED! Milik misses an absolute sitter for Poland. Header from a yard out and he doesn’t get good contact under no pressure.
Germany need something different to get past this Polish defence and former captain Oliver Kahn has an idea
HALF TIME: No shots on target by either side and it is 0-0 at the break.
34′ Ozil becomes the second German player to be booked.
30′ Half an hour gone in Paris and neither side able to test the keeper yet. Poland yet to take a shot.
18′ And Polish tennis player Aganieszka Radwanska is rooting for her country
16′ CHANCE! Muller holds off the challenge of a Polish defender and lays it in Kroos’ path but the midfielder slid in and sends it wide.
15′ Germany’s World Cup winning skipper Lahm is watching
5′ Hector has a go from distance but his left footed effort was always going wide of the Polish goal.
4′ Gotze leaps highest to a Draxler cross but his header is over the crossbar.
3′ That’s an early booking for Khedira. He early went in with an elbow to get a warning and now a cynical challenge from behind earns him a yellow.
0025 hrs IST: Passage into the last 16 on the line as national anthems are sung.
# LINEUPS:
Germany XI: Neuer, Hector, Howedes, Hummels, Khedira, Ozil, Draxler, Muller, Boateng, Kroos, Gotze
Poland XI: Fabianski, Pazdan, Jędrzejczyk, Mączyński, Milik, Lewandowski, Krychowiak, Grosicki, Glik, Błaszczykowski, Piszczek
BUILD UP:
# Germany know there’s more to Poland than Robert Lewandowski
