Poland's Lewandowski ready to shoot down Germany at Euro 2016

Paris (AFP) – Poland striker Robert Lewandowski is tipping Germany to win Euro 2016, but it will not stop the Bundesliga star trying to shoot down the world champions when the sides meet Thursday.

Lewandowski lived up to his reputation as one of the world’s best strikers as he finished top scorer with 13 goals in qualifying for Euro 2016

Poland’s 27-year-old captain arrived in France on the back of a stellar season at Bayern Munich, netting 42 goals in all competitions for the Bavarians.

Poland have only beaten Germany once in 20 meetings, when they out-thought die Mannschaft 2-0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier in Warsaw in October 2014 with goals from Arkadiusz Milik and Sebastian Mila.

But after beating Northern Ireland 1-0 in their opening match at Euro 2016, Lewandowski is eyeing another victory over their neighbours as they seek to top Group C.

“For me, Germany are the favourites for the whole tournament, but anything can happen. We have to stay calm and be confident against them,” said Lewandowski.

“No fear, no stress — we also need to have some fun.”

Nobody knows the Germany side as well as Lewandowski.

The Bayern ace will face his club’s centre-back Jerome Boateng and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer at the Stade de France and he regularly plays against die Mannschaft’s stars for his club in Germany’s top-flight.

“The know me very well, but we all know each other well,” he said.

Germany beat Poland 3-1 at home last September last year to avenge their away defeat but the Poles will not settle for a draw.

“Try to get just one point? No way,” said Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak.

“Such an attitude would mean a lack of respect to ourselves and to our fans. We only go for three points.”

Arsenal’s Wojciech Szczesny remains doubtful for the game as the Polish goalkeeper suffered an injury against Northern Ireland and did not take part in Tuesday’s training session.