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Looking at the stats, I'm quite happy and confident - Poland not only runs faster (29.29 kph compared to Austrian 27.12 kph) but also further (108.426 km to 197.858 km). Almost every Polish player has been faster than the corresponding Austrian player - even the goalkeeper Artur Boruc has been faster than Jurgen Macho.

Of course the speed is not everything - let's take a look at...

End Of Match: Three German pussies celebrate the victory

Polish players are in Donaueschingen and they compete for the right to go to EURO 2008. 23 out of 26 will get their place in the team. To be more precise - 23 out of 27, because Leo Beenhakker asked 18-year-old Wojciech Szczęsny from Arsenal to play in the preparation camp as second goalkeeper (Artur Boruc [Celtic] still fights for the crown of Scottish Premier League and Tomasz Kuszczak [Manchester United] is in Moscow, preparing to UEFA Champions League final against Chelsea and Wojciech Kowalewski [Korona Kielce] resigned from being a substitute goalkeeper due to family issues).

We will see more key players on Thursday - Ebi Smolarek, Mariusz Lewandowski, Jakub Błaszczykowski and Jacek Krzynówek. They can feel confident about their places in the team. Same stands for Bąk, Żewłakow and Wasilewski.

One of the players that can't be sure his place in the team, Marek Saganowski, says:

Leo Beenhakker has decided, that Arkadiusz Radomski, Artur Wichniarek, Dawid Janczyk, Lukasz Piszczek, Michal Golinski and Wojciech Kowalewski will not go to Donaueschingen for preparation camp before EURO 2008. Without three strikers, it seems that Poland is not going to be very dangerous offensively.

Here's what Leo Beenhakker said after announcing his decision:

1. Team welfare. Making any decision, I've been refering to what's the best for the team. I've done my best to make this group of players a real team. A team, in which there is full understanding and good coordination.

2. Skills of the players.

3. Team balance. In several cases I had three great players for one postion, but I knew that I can take only two of them - the main player and his substitute.

4. Physical and...

Although the official deadline of presentind the squad for EURO 2008 is 28 May, Leo Beenhakker has announced 31 players that he will consider when making the final decision.

Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic Glasgow), Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United), Łukasz Fabiański (Arsenal), Wojciech Kowalewski (Kolporter Korona Kielce)

Really, no one would expect anything else here. The first three will probably go to EURO, I reckon, and Kowalewski will stay in Poland.

Defenders: Jacek Bąk (Austria Wien), Arkadiusz Radomski (Austria Wien), Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht Brussels), Paweł Golański (Steaua Bucuresti), Mariusz Jop (FK Moscow), Adam Kokoszka (Wisła Kraków), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warszawa), Michał Żewłakow (Olympiakos Pireus), Grzegorz Bronowicki (Crvana Zvezda Belgrad)

Marcin Kus is the only defender who played against USA, but he's not on this list.

20:15 UTC / 22:15 CET / 10:15 NZST

And that would be it. But the good (for Poland in the context of EURO 2008) news is that Austria finally lost to Netherlands 3-4. Germany won with Switzerland 4-0.

So, I wasn't actually able to do live updates throughout the whole match, but I'll do my best to improve during the next match.

19:58 UTC / 21:58 CET / 9:58 NZST

You've got to be kidding me... 0-3 :( Eddie Lewis...

19:25 UTC / 21:25 CET / 9:25 NZST

19:23 UTC / 21:23 CET / 9:23 NZST

From the other soccer field. Austria is winning with Netherlands

3:1!!!! ...

Since the last FIFA ranking Poland has worsen its position by four places and currently is on 24. position.

On the first twenty positions only Ghana moved from 14. place to 15. and Colombia took Poland's 20. place.

From Polish rivals in UEFA EURO Cup 2008 ranked the highest is Germany - 5th position. Croatia is 12th and Austria - 88th (was 84th).

FIFA ranking for 13th February 2008 (in brackets previous position):