Poland beat Germany 2 - 0 in historic Euro 2016 qualifier
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
11.10.2014 23:10
Poland beat Germany for the first time in football history, Saturday, with Milik and Mila scoring the winning goals during the Euro 2016 Group D qualifier at Warsaw's National Stadium.
Arkadiusz Milik (left) celebrates with Rober Lewandowski after the first or two goals against the world champions:photo - PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski
Arkadiusz Milik headed in the opener for the White and Reds in the 52nd minute and Sebastian Mila - who replaced Milik in the 78th minute as sub - put the match out of reach for an injury-weakened German side, with two minutes of normal time remaining.
Poland top the group alongside Ireland - who earlier beat Gibraltar 7 – 0 - on six points after two matches.
Polish keeper Wojciech Szczęsny keeps out another attack by Germany, as the World Cup holders press for an equalizer: photo - PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski
The 2 – 0 victory, watched by just under 60,000 fans, is the first for the Poles over the world champions in 19 attempts.
Sebastian Mila scores the winner in the 88th minute: photo - PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski
Poland next play Scotland, again at the National Stadium, on Tuesday. (pg)
The teams
Poland: Wojciech Szczęsny - Łukasz Piszczek, Kamil Glik, Łukasz Szukała, Jakub Wawrzyniak (84-Artur Jędrzejczyk) - Kamil Grosicki (71-Waldemar Sobota), Grzegorz Krychowiak, Tomasz Jodłowiec, Maciej Rybus - Arkadiusz Milik (77-Sebastian Mila), Robert Lewandowski.
Germany: Manuel Neuer - Antonio Ruediger (83-Max Kruse), Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng, Erik Durm - Karim Bellarabi, Christoph Kramer (71-Julian Draxler), Toni Kroos, Mario Goetze, Andre Schuerrle (77-Lukas Podolski) - Thomas Mueller.