Germany coach Joachim Loew and midfielder Mario Goetze look ahead to their crunch Euro 2016 Group D qualifiers against Poland and Scotland (3rd September).

Script: SOUNDBITE (German) Joachim Loew, Germany coach:

"We dropped two points against Ireland and we lost against Poland. In this regard, during this hot autumn, we are facing the weeks of truth, which are about getting the ticket to the European Championships. But we are not standing with our backs to the wall now, we have enough self-confidence, we know that we can make it on our own."

SOUNDBITE (German) Joachim Loew, Germany coach:

"Poland are of course a little bit euphoric at the moment. They lead the table at the moment, they have a big chance to join a tournament again in the next year. And one notices this when one looks at the team. They have a good harmony, they have at the moment the support of their fans in their country, they enjoy their game and they play very well. They have outstanding skills. So we know, that we will meet rivals which are dangerous and we know that we won't win easy."

SOUNDBITE (German) Mario Goetze, Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder:

(on his familiarity with members of the Poland squad)

"I've known Lewi (Robert Lewandowski) for quite a while now, we played together at Dortmund, I played with Lukasz Piszczek and Kuba (Jakub Blaszczykowski). So I personally know three players in the Poland squad. They all have enormous quality, we know that they are a very strong team. I guess the whole team will be very good in defence, like they were back then in Warszaw, too. They did it very well and won 2-0. That's still a little wound for us and we want to pay back, we want to show a good game, and we want to show from the first minute on, that there is nothing to win here for Poland and we want to have the three points."