Slaven Bilic feels his Croatia side have been drawn in the most difficult group for Euro 2008.
Low and Beenhakker also relishing challenge
Slaven Bilic feels his Croatia side have been drawn in the most difficult group for Euro 2008.
Croatia, Germany, Poland and co-hosts Austria must compete for two spots after being assigned to Group B for next summer's finals.
Group C, containing World Cup finalists France and Italy as well as Holland and Romania, has already been dubbed the competition's 'Group of Death', but Bilic does not agree.
The Croatia coach said: "People talk about the group of death but I can give you 20 reasons why this is the most difficult group.
"Here are three: Austria are playing at home, Germany are one of the best teams in the world and Poland are here for the first time which is a good motivation."
Excited
Germany coach Joachim Low was more pleased with the outcome but is still expected three tricky matches.
Low enthused: "We're excited. When we played Poland in the last World Cup we only scored in the last minute.
"They were very strong and remember that game was in a German stadium with 80,000 fans. They showed great courage. I'm sure Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski will be excited to be playing Poland because of their origins.
"It's a group that's not as difficult as Group C but everyone has to play at a high level to win this championship."
Challenge
Poland coach Leo Beenhakker accepts that it will be difficult for his team to progress to the quarter-finals, but hopes to have a lot of support.
Beenhakker said: "Its a big challenge but I love big challenges and so do my players.
"Germany especially are one of the great teams of the world and it is always good to play against the best.
"We'll also be playing very close to Poland so hopefully a lot of fans will come and support us."
