Date: 08-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: KLAGENFURT
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: **
Notes: Podolski
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 08 June 2008, 20:45
Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 30,000
Meteo: Clear, 18 °C
GERMANY
Jens Lehmann
Marcell Jansen
Philipp Lahm
Per Mertesacker
Christoph Metzelder
Michael Ballack (c)
Torsten Frings
Clemens Fritz
Mario Gómez
Miroslav Klose
Lukas Podolski
Coach: Joachim Löw (GER)
64′ Bastian Schweinsteiger
55′ ↓Clemens Fritz ↑Bastian Schweinsteiger
75′ ↓Mario Gómez ↑Thomas Hitzlsperger
90′ ↓Miroslav Klose ↑Kevin Kurányi
POLAND
Artur Boruc
Jacek Bąk
Dariusz Dudka
Paweł Golański
Marcin Wasilewski
Michał Żewłakow
Jacek Krzynówek
Mariusz Lewandowski
Wojciech Łobodziński
Ebi Smolarek
Maciej Żurawski (c)
Coach: Leo Beenhakker (POL)
40′ Ebi Smolarek
60′ Mariusz Lewandowski
46′ ↓Maciej Żurawski ↑Roger Guerreiro
65′ ↓Wojciech Łobodziński ↑Łukasz Piszczek
75′ ↓Paweł Golański ↑Marek Saganowski
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (NOR)
Goals:
20′ Lukas Podolski GER
72′ Lukas Podolski GER
Match overview
Polish-born Podolski struck twice, converting Klose’s pass and later rifling a left-footed volley to hand Germany a comfortable Group B victory. Poland, energetic but wasteful, seldom tested Lehmann.
Trivia
Podolski became the first player to score against his country of birth at a European Championship finals and the first German with a Euro brace since Oliver Bierhoff in the 1996 final.
