Germany demands Poland: EM start with high voltage in St. Gallen!

Germany demands Poland: EM start with high voltage in St. Gallen!

St. Gallen, Schweiz - The countdown is running! On Friday, July 2, 2025 , the European Football Championship begins in Switzerland and the German national team is highly motivated in their opening game against the Polish selection. The game of the game in the St. Gallen arena is at 9 p.m. , the transmission takes place live in the first and in the live stream on sportschau.de. The arena, which can grasp around 16,000 spectators, becomes the scene of an exciting game.

The German team impressively presented itself in the European Championship qualification, with five wins and only one defeat, which was surprisingly against Austria. Particularly noteworthy is the best scorer of the qualification, Lea Schüller , who scored a total of six goals , including three against Poland . Poland, on the other hand, qualified in detour by celebrating four victories in the Playoffs, despite a mixed group phase with six defeats. Your best goal scorer, Natalia Padilla , netted a total of five times

a special duel

In the previous duels between Germany and Poland, the German women always had the upper hand: six games, six victories and an impressive goal difference of 28: 3 speak for themselves. Most recently, Germany won 3-1 in the European Championship qualification in June 2024. This match also becomes special for Poland, as it is the first appearance at an EM; For Germany, on the other hand, it is the twelfth participation in a row and an opportunity to defend the title base status that they have achieved eight times in the past.

The selection of Germany goes to the tournament with an average age of 26 years and can fall back on a variety of experienced players. This includes Sara Däbritz , who was the youngest player in the DFB squad in 2013 and is now the third oldest player. In the Polish eleven there are also four players who were already there in 2013 in the U17 European Championship victory against Sweden-a beautiful circle that closes here.

list and expectations

The planned starting line -up in Germany under coach Wück could look as follows: Berger - Linder, Knaak, Minge, Gwinn - Nüsken, Sense - Bühl, Dallmann, Brand - Schüller . Poland is led by trainer Patalon and could compete with the following eleven: Szemik - Zieniewicz, Woś, Dudek, Wiankowska - Achcińska, Pawollek, Kamczyk - Tomasiak, Padilla, Pajor .

The next games in Group C take place on July 8th when Germany meets Denmark and Poland competes against Sweden. For both teams, it will be important to find a good start to the tournament to secure the best chance of progressing.

In order to be prepared for the 2024 Olympics in France, this European Championship is also used as an important preparation. Trainer Horst Hrubesch from Germany emphasized that despite the success in qualification, there is still a need for improvement on the defensive, especially after the last and gripping game against Poland, the 4: 1 ended.

The opening game promises tension and drama, and the hearts of the fans beat for the German team. Who will secure the first points in the tournament? The anticipation is obvious!