GERMANY-POLAND: Coaches' Quotes

14 June 2006

Jurgen KLINSMANN (GER)
It was a well-deserved win. We had so many chances but the ball just didn’t seem to want to go in. We kept up the tempo throughout the match, but the longer you go without scoring, the more nervous you feel. At the end, when Poland were down to ten men, we really piled on the pressure and it paid off in the end. The substitutions were designed to give us more pace. We always believed that we could win. You can't write us Germans off until the final whistle blows.

Pawel JANAS (POL)
Obviously we're devastated about losing to a moment's loss of concentration in the last minute. We weren't able to put our tactical plan into action. We played a lot better in a number of areas, and it was an improved performance overall, but at the end of the day it wasn't to be.

All my players did well tonight. It really started to work out for us. We were down to ten men at the end and very tired, so we were hardly able to resist the enormous pressure the Germans put us under. We could have conceded a lot earlier. I can't point the finger at any of my players. Every single one of them battled to the end. We'll concentrate all our remaining energy on Costa Rica now, and see if we can turn in a decent display for our amazing fans, who've given us fantastic support right from the start.