Germany, big favorite for the title at the start of the
European Championship, will try to clear doubts in front of goal against
Northern Ireland, the surprise team of Group C in Poland also struggle for the
lead and where the only certainty is that Ukraine is mathematically eliminated.
In the absence of the third and final day, the ranking
puts Germany as interim leader (4 points) tied with Poland (4 points), followed by
Northern Ireland (3 points) and Ukraine (0 points).
A simple draw against Northern Ireland's humble enough
them the world champions to certify the classification, but a surprising
combined German defeat with a win or draw against Ukraine Poland would leave
Germany out of the tournament.
So open is the classification itself Northern Ireland
opts to first place and Joachim Löw even have to look askance at the duel
between Poland and Ukraine in case of adding one or three points.
It is also possible that those who finish third in the
group to achieve the pass to the knockout because only 8 of the 24 teams will
be discarded in the group stage and the first and second of each group and the
four best third will qualify.
Faced with such an open group, the only certainty is that
the order will put the goals, so that the eyes will be on German, less incisive
at the start of the competition of what could be expected from the players
front that makes two years made him 7-1 to Brazil in the semifinals of the
World Cup.
Faced with a powerful Germany at peak times you will meet
at the Stade de France in Saint Denis Ireland unknown North, a team that has
never qualified for a European Championship, although it had disputed in Spain
1982 and the World Cup in Sweden 1958, where he reached the quarterfinals.
Players from Northern Ireland can offer this small nation
of less than two million people and capital in Belfast a historical classification
for a team that was 30 years did not dispute the finals of an international
tournament.