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This was only the second time that a team had won the World Cup after losing a match in the Finals (West Germany losing to East Germany during the group stage). The previous occasion was West Germany's earlier win in 1954. Poland's Grzegorz Lato led the tournament in scoring seven goals.
Germany also continued to push forward and forced Poland goalkeeper Artur Boruc into several saves, while both Klose and Ballack were denied by the frame of the goal during the same attack. With 15 minutes remaining, Polish midfielder Radosław Sobolewski was sent off for a second bookable offence after fouling Klose.
Poland scoring v River Plate during their tour on Argentina, February 1986. In 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying, Poland finished top of their qualifying group, with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. [29] Poland's biggest win of the qualifying phase was a 4–1 win over Greece, while Poland's biggest defeat was a 0–2 defeat to Belgium. [30] [31]
In the opening match of the tournament, Germany and Costa Rica played a game which ended 4–2 for the host in the highest scoring opening match in the tournament's history. Germany went on to win the Group A after edging Poland and breezing past Ecuador 3–0. Despite the defeat, Ecuador had already joined the host in the Round of 16 having ...
Poland's World Cup record First Match Poland 5–6 Brazil (5 June 1938; Strasbourg, France) Biggest Win Poland 7–0 Haiti (19 June 1974; Munich, West Germany) Biggest Defeat Brazil 4–0 Poland (16 June 1986; Guadalajara, Mexico) Poland 0–4 Portugal (10 June 2002; Jeonju, South Korea) Best Result Third place in 1974 and 1982: Worst Result
The East Germany national football team represented the former state of East Germany from 1952 until the German reunification in 1990. The team was governed by the Deutscher Fußball-Verband, and was a part of the UEFA confederation. East Germany's first international fixture was in 1952 against Poland, ending in a 3–0 loss.
Germany progressed thanks to two goals from Lukas Podolski inside the opening 12 minutes. His first was in the fourth minute; German captain Michael Ballack sent a pass to Miroslav Klose, who was tackled by goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson, only for an onrushing Podolski to turn the ball in. [1] Eight minutes later, a pass from Klose found Podolski, who scored his second goal. [1]
The two met again at the 1972 Summer Olympics, held in Munich, West Germany, with East Germany winning this game as well, 3–2, and eventually winning another bronze medal. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] While the East German team consisted of top-level players from the DDR-Oberliga , the West German team was an amateur side. [ 5 ]