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Germany national football team
European Championship | Qualifiers
Sep 4, 2015 at 7.45pm UK
 
Poland national football team

3-1

Muller (12'), Gotze (19', 82')
FT(HT: 2-1)

Half-Time Report: Mario Gotze stars as Germany lead against Poland

Thomas Muller and Mario Gotze give Germany a 2-1 lead at home to Poland in their Euro 2016 Group D qualifier.

Mario Gotze has scored one goal and set up another to put Germany ahead in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Group D leaders Poland.

The world champions nearly took the lead in the opening minutes when FC Koln defender Jonas Hector found Karim Bellarabi, but the Bayer Leverkusen attacker's deflected shot drifted narrowly wide of Lukasz Fabianski's goal.

However Joachim Low's side soon edged in front after Hector and Gotze combined well on the flank before the Bayern Munich attacker teed up Thomas Muller to score from close range.

On 18 minutes, the hosts doubled their advantage as Gotze came in from the left wing, beating Kamil Glik, before firing a fierce shot beyond the reach of Fabianski.

Gotze looked to have set up a third goal for Mezut Ozil, who slotted home on the half-hour mark, but saw his effort disallowed as Gotze had crossed from an offside position.

Instead, Poland pulled a goal back 10 minutes before half time as Emre Can, on his senior debut for Germany, was caught out of position and allowed Kamil Grosicki to tee up Robert Lewandowski, whose diving header beat Bayern teammate Manuel Neuer.

Lewandowski almost netted an equalised on the stroke of half time, but his effort was cleared off the line by Hector.

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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

Group F

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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