Germany attack unlikely to be as a wasteful two games on the trot

German football is like the German economy. Both are normally so strong that an upset can be magnified into a potential crisis, writes David Shonfield.

So when Germany sneezes the euro catches a cold and when the Germans lose a qualifying match for the first time in six years there is a tendency to look for complex explanations.

In fact their defeat in Warsaw was almost certainly just a blip and they are fully capable of wreaking havoc tomorrow night against Ireland.