在今夏世界杯即将来临之际，德国组委会未雨绸缪，将一些场次的比赛预先制定为安保防范重点。其中有可能在第2阶段比赛中相遇的英格兰队和波兰队的比赛，就是其中之一。德国世界杯安保官员表示，来自东欧的球迷群体，特别是来自邻国波兰的球迷将是世界杯期间安保重点防范对象。

    据英国《卫报》3月3日报道，德国组委会预计，在6月14日A组德国队同波兰队在多特蒙德进行小组比赛时，将有大约30万波兰球迷跨国边界来到德国观看比赛。届时，德国警方将加派警力，严防两国球迷有可能发生的任何冲突。另外根据赛程，一旦A组的波兰队最终以小组第2身份出线，他们将在第2阶段的比赛中同B组第1球队相遇，而这支球队目前看来很可能就是英格兰队。当然也可能发生英格兰队和德国队在小组赛结束后相遇的可能，无论哪种可能，届时这些比赛都将是德国警方严加防范的场次。

    谈到组委会对东欧球迷的“另眼相看”，来自波兰华沙一家球迷俱乐部的波兰人向记者表明了自己的看法。“大多数波兰球迷在观看波兰队比赛时都举止良好，但也有一些足球流氓在世界杯来临之际蠢蠢欲动，”他说：“这些足球流氓已经很久没有机会在像世界杯这样的重大国际比赛中表现自己了。足球流氓骚乱在波兰国内很普遍，他们大多属于右翼种族主义组织。而这一次世界杯又在我们的邻国德国举行，所以到时候肯定有大批的波兰人前往购物。”

    与此同时，由于近期发生的欧洲媒体刊登有损伊斯兰先知的漫画事件，德国组委会担心届时来自伊朗的球迷会有一些“狂热”举动，为此伊朗球迷也将成为他们安保重点“照顾”对象。组委会预计在世界杯举行期间，比较大的骚乱事件不大可能发生在赛场内及其附近区域，但很有可能在较偏僻的地方发生。去年11月，德国和波兰球迷就曾经通过互联网约定在法兰克福附近的一处树林中打斗，在那次事件中有数人被捕。

    另外，在世界杯期间，来自瑞士的球迷也很有可能成为定居德国的土耳其裔球迷的袭击对象。瑞士队在欧洲区世界杯附加赛中击败土耳其队获得了德国世界杯的参赛资格，然而在那场比赛中两国球迷发生了严重的肢体冲突。为此国际足联甚至取消了土耳其2008年欧锦赛预选赛主场比赛的资格，以示惩罚。除以上几场比赛以外，德国方面还就其他一些热点场次比赛的安保工作做了详细安排。另外德国方面届时还将部署大约2000人的生化部队以防止可能发生的生化袭击。 

    A series of high-risk fixtures have been identified at this summer's World Cup finals, games where the organisers believe there is a big danger of crowd trouble - among them a possible second-round encounter between England and Poland. Security officials yesterday admitted they were concerned about the threat from eastern Europe, especially Poland.

    As many as 300,000 Poles are expected to cross the border and officials have identified Germany's group match against their neighbours in Dortmund on June 14 as a potential flashpoint. They are also worried about the second-round game if England win Group B and Poland finish second in Group A. The other likely permutation from those groups would see England facing Germany, with all that would entail.

    "Most Polish fans behave very well when the national team is playing but there are also Polish hooligans who are preparing for the World Cup," Jacek Purski of the Warsaw fan group Nigdy Wiecej (Never Again) told the Guardian. "They haven't had an opportunity to travel to a major football tournament for a long time and they want to prove themselves. The hooligan scene is horrible in Poland. Most belong to racist right-wing groups. Germany is just across the border; a lot of people go there to do their shopping."

    Other high-risk games include the three group matches involving Iran. Last month Bavaria's hard-line home minister Günther Beckstein pointed out that, in the light of the recent Moslem cartoon riots, all Iran fans would be closely scrutinised. "When Iranians arrive in Germany we will take a very close look to make sure there are no fanatics," he said.

    The organising committee believes violence is unlikely in and around heavily policed stadiums but may erupt in quieter areas. Last November German and Polish fans fought in a forest close to the border town of Frankfurt an der Oder after using the internet to arrange the meeting. There were several arrests.

    "East European fans are more likely to want to enhance their reputation," said Andy Battson, football attache at the British embassy in Berlin. "Our reputation has diminished, which may make us a soft target."

    Swiss fans will not be popular with the many German-based Turks after the violence at the end of Switzerland's win in a qualifying match; Fifa has since banned Turkey from staging home qualifiers for Euro 2008. Angola v Portugal and Togo v France are games which involve African countries playing former colonial masters.

    Germany has already unveiled a host of security measures. Some 2,000 troops will be deployed and special units will guard against chemical or biological attacks. A control tower will be set up at Stuttgart airport to protect airspace and the England and US squads will have police escorts throughout.