Lahm brands mole ‘a disgrace’

Germany captain Philipp Lahm has branded the mole leaking team line-ups to the media as a “disgrace” and admits the spy could be damaging their chances of winning Euro 2012.

Germany play their Euro 2012 semi-final in Warsaw on Thursday with Joachim Loew’s team aiming to lift their fourth European crown but first since 1996. The Germans have been rattled by a mole who is leaking team line-ups to their media ahead of their Euro 2012 matches.

Loew sprang a triple surprise for Friday’s quarter-final by dropping Mario Gomez, Lukas Podolski and Thomas Mueller for the 4-2 quarter-final win over Greece in Gdansk, but the changes had already been reported earlier that afternoon.