Adams was tasked with marking the towering centre-forward at set-pieces during their 0-0 draw.
"I always mark the biggest players," said Adams on the Men in Blazers podcast."It's a case of grappling, gripping, pulling, being sneaky, holding on for dear life. I try my best.
"I'm just, I'm used to, you know, talking trash and then someone talking trash back, but there was none of that.
"He was a very nice guy, actually. He was. And he actually made me a little bit uncomfortable as he was so nice.
"I haven't played with many Germans that have a high level of trash talk, but he was a great guy."
Adams added, "I had hoop dreams of becoming a basketball player, but it was never going to be in my favour at my height. So I realised very quickly that looking up at him, that it was it was never an opportunity for me to be a professional basketball player.
"It worked though as it was nil-nil."