Germany wins opener | Hosts defeated
Bayern Munich team-mates Miroslav Klose and Podolski - two of three Poland-born players in the Germany squad - combined in the 20th minute for the latter to put the 1996 European champions ahead, before Podolski sealed the win midway through the second half.
Micheal Ballack is confident of leading his side to victory as they are favourites inspite of not winning a major cup since 1996.
Podolski had a chance to grab himself the match ball with two minutes remaining, but he fired over with his less-favoured right foot from 15 yards out, but although he did not get his hat-trick, he had already done enough to earn Germany the points.
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Croats succeded
The only goal from Luka Modric of croatia brought them a 1-0 win over the co-hosts. croatian coach steve Bilic said that he was happy with the performance of his team although they had a poor start.
"I thought the players were not happy with the match" said the croatian coach after the match. But the croats are used to this kind of slow starts it seems. but however they earned 3 important points.
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