Low is left scratching his head...
This time, Joachim Low was left scratching his head rather than another part of his anatomy as Poland made his world champions appear mortal.
Low had delivered an awkward apology having being caught on camera with his hand down his trousers during Germany’s first game of Euro 2016 against Ukraine.
The incident caused much hilarity back home. They will be less amused by this stalemate, although the first goalless draw of the finals owes much to the format of the tournament.
Neither team desperately needed to chase the game when a draw took them to four points each and certain not to finish bottom of Group C.
That’s not to say no one tried to win it. Both teams took risks, went forward and created chances.
Germany dominated possession and had 15 attempts at goal but the best opportunities both fell to Poland striker Arkadiusz Milik in the secondhalf. Normally so clinical, Milik could not connect cleanly with either.
At the other end, Low tried three different strikers through the centre. First Mario Gotze, then Thomas Muller and finally Mario Gomez.
he did not appear entirely satisfied with any of them as his side failed to score for first time in 15 games in major finals, since losing 1-0 to spain in 2010 World Cup.
Poland are solid and industrious and that was enough to frustrate their neighbours. They celebrated the draw like a win.
Germany opened well, with Gotze heading over and Jonas hector driving wide. Mats hummels was back at centre half, but the rest of the team was unchanged from the 2-0 win against Ukraine. Lukasz Fabianski was in goal for Poland instead of his injured former Arsenal team-mate Wojciech szczesny.
Toni Kroos oozed class as ever in the middle of the pitch, passing long and short, and almost opened the scoring when he slid wide a cross by Muller, who had beaten Lukasz Piszczek. But despite making 98 passes, Kroos was not as influential as normal.
Once Poland resisted the early barrage and slowly emerged from the depths of defence it became a more evenly matched contest.
Robert Lewandowski tore down the right past hummels, who showed traces of rustiness early on. Jerome Boateng, outstanding alongside him, read the danger and moved across to cover his defensive partner.
Grzegorz Krychowiak enjoyed more of the ball in midfield, but as Poland grew in confidence and took more risks, the Germans became dangerous. Gotze struck a post but an offside flag was up against Muller, who had nursed the ball into his path.
Another chance fell to Gotze after half time, although the angle was tight and he was denied by Fabianski. it was the first effort of the game on target but Poland had also gone close seconds earlier.
Kamil Grosicki’s cross from the right found Milik diving to head the ball. he looked certain to score but did not connect cleanly and only nudged the ball wide. Perhaps Boateng’s stretch for the cross had done enough to put him off, even though the defender missed the ball.
Milik curled a free-kick narrowly wide and a fabulous recovery tackle by Boateng blocked Lewandowski as he drew back his right foot to shoot from the edge of the box.
Milik squandered his second glorious chance when he miskicked in front of goal. For the Ajax forward, it was one of those nights. At the other end, Fabianski turned over an effort by Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil.
Germany are not purring but they have time to put it right.