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Eurovideo: Podolski gives Germany a win after 12 years

Lukas Podolski scored two goals as the German's got off to a flying start.He scored both the goals in their 2-0 win over Poland.It was also Germany's first Euro win in 12 years.The flip side to the story is that Podolski was born in Poland and is on the horns of a divided loyalty dilemma "I didn't really celebrate after the first goal as a mark of respect, I have a big family in Poland and was born there, I wanted to show some respect." More...

Elsewhere Austria did not disappoint all those Austrian fans who were expecting to be disappointed.They lost their opening game to Croatia (1 -0 - video ) as they were expected to.

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