One of the best strikers on the planet, the world champions… on paper, Germany vs Poland should have been a good watch.
But with an hour played in Saint Denis, there wasn’t all that much to write home about. No goals, no testicle-sniffing managers – nothing.
But when Robert Lewandowski found himself one on one against Manuel Neuer it seemed the game was finally about to get its first goal. Anyone with even the faintest knowledge of European football in recent years knows that he just doesn’t miss when in this situation and in fairness, he *didn’t* miss – he wasn’t given the chance to.
Just as the Pole was about to pull the trigger, Jerome Boateng pulled off a pretty special last-ditch tackle.
Have a look at the thirty second mark in the clip below.
DOUBLE TROUBLE! Polish strikers foiled twice within the space of a minute #POL #GERPOL #EURO2016 https://t.co/MwtrtkMaDC
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) June 16, 2016
Boateng, one of several of Lewandowski’s Bayern Munich teammates in the German line-up, had already made a headline or two for his goal-line clearance against Ukraine in Jogi Low’s men’s Euro 2016 opener on Sunday.
In many ways, this was even more impressive.
Oh my word, what a tackle from Boateng!!! #GER #EURO2016
— Τasker 🇾🇪 (@tasker_s) June 16, 2016
Jerome Boateng, that is a unreal tackle!!
— Andrew Dunn (@CoachDunn82) June 16, 2016
Boateng with an enormous tackle, sensational, probably saves a goal with Lewa in on goal #GERPOL
— Jack Rathborn (@JackRathborn) June 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheStuartWilkie/status/743537534387560448
https://twitter.com/deanbelcher1985/status/743537865842372608
Good job Lewandowski doesn’t have to play against Boateng in the Bundesliga.
