Germany win luckily, Croatia with lead in group C

German national team won their first match of this European Championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine with 1-0. Mario Gomez scored the lucky punch in a match that was pretty ugly to watch. Both teams played well under their potential. Denmark surprisingly beat Nederland in first match of Group B. Spain and Italy drew 1-1 while Croatia defeated Ireland with 3-1.

Mario Gomez scored the winning goal for Germany.

Germany managed to win their first match of this European Championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. In a very weak matchup of Germany and Portugal where both teams played well under their abilities Joachim Loew´s team was lucky enough to score the winning goal in minute 73. Mario Gomez was the only scorer and hero of the day.

Both teams did not apply enough pressure to produce dangerous moment inside their opponents box. The offensive attempts were not passionate enough to give defensive players any hard time. Portugal´s Pepe got unlucky as his shot just before the break hit the underside of the bar but did not went in. Mario Gomez header was unsaveable and set the score board to the final 1-0.

Denmark surprisingly beat Holland and gave one of the biggest favorites a hard time to start with this EC. For Nederland it is going to be a fight for staying in this tournament when they face Germany on Wednesday in one of footballs most prestigious classics.

Spain and Italy drew 1-1 in what was most likely the best match of this EC so far. Di Natale scored the lead around minute 65 just moments after his substitution. More or less the next action was Cesc Fabregas´ equalizer.

Croatia and Ireland faced off in Sunday´s night match to fight for some really important points as they are clearly the two underdogs in Group C. Croatia defeated the Irish with 3-1 and secured the preliminary lead.