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2006 FIFA WORLD CUP: GERMANY-POLAND: Players' Quotes

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Philipp LAHM (GER), Budweiser Man of the Match
We played a very good match, created a lot of chances, but we were unable to score a goal and things got difficult. In the end you could see that our fitness made a difference. We kept on pressing and scored a deserved goal.

Oliver NEUVILLE (GER): I know I've scored the goal, but I don't feel like the hero of the night. We deserved the victory and could have won by more. The coach told me to get in behind their defence, and I had one decent chance ten minutes before the goal. Then I've scored the only goal and obviously it was an important one.

Miroslav KLOSE (GER): This team has plenty of morale, and at the end of the day we've scored the goal that mattered. You have to be patient in games like that. We made enough chances, but we were out of luck for most of the match.

Michael BALLACK (GER): We were very, very good tonight. We kept our shape and applied a lot of pressure throughout. We were in charge in the first half and we had one or two decent chances. We upped our game after the interval, made the most of our physical strength, and created chance after chance. We thoroughly deserved to win, even if the goal came right at the end. We defended well, and our man-markers won most of their challenges.

Ebi SMOLAREK (POL)
This was a game where you had to fight for the whole 90 minutes. I think we did that, but in the end we lost. We gave everything we had in a desperate fight and I think overall we played ok. We don’t have the quality in our team that the Germans have, but we played a tough game and we have nothing to ashamed of. Every man gave everything he had on the pitch today.

Arkadiusz RADOMSKI (POL)
By the time the German goal went in we are all pretty dead and exhausted. It was a real tough fight for us today and we gave everything we had. In the end we lost, but we were not afraid and pushed them all the way.

Mariusz JOP (POL)
All of the players played their guts out tonight. We gave our all until the very end and when we conceded that late goal it was a real heart-breaker. We have nothing to be ashamed of and we will come out and do it all over again in our last game against Costa Rica.

Maciej ZURAWSKI
It just wasn’t our game today but we gave everything we had and really we have every reason to be proud. Of course we are disappointed, but this is football and sometimes things don’t go your way. Overall, I think we played very well and should be proud. notas_de_prensa_archivo