Date Played: June 9, 2006 (Group Stage)
Germany: 4 Costa Rica: 2
Man of the Match via Yahoo:
This kid has been phenomenal in the tournament. He will be roaming the streets like a hero for scoring two goals. Good work man. Rest well because Germany will be counting much of you in the succeeding games. This guy is in delirium .
Congratulations Germany .
93′ + Full time .
Teamgeist ball sores and moves like a speeding bullet .
Six goals in the opener in Munich is incredible .
German’s defense was outstanding. What is frigthening is that the Ticos had two chances two score and they converted on both occasion . Brink Kahn back .
88′ Boom . Goal Now it’s definitely over. German Frings Torsten scores another goal (4-2).
87′ I seems Germany is taking this home. Great rally from the fans .
81′ Oliver Neuville (GER) wins a free kick.
79′ Podolski is blocked.
78′ Christian Bolanos midfielder replaces Mauricio Solis.
76′ Delay is over. It was caused by Torsten Frings injury.
Explosive match.
73′ Boom . Goal Oh no . It may not be over yet. Paulo Wanchope just scored another goal. Man of steel. This player is refusing to lose.
72′ German Sebastian Kehl midfielder replaces Tim Borowski
Beer is flooding .
69′ Lahm’ shot was saved in the bottom left corner .
68′ Corner kick by Costa Rica.
67′ Jervis Drummond defender replaces Martinez because of injury.
IT’S OVER . Just hope Ballack score all else
61′ Boom . Goal Klose scored from close range. Pandemonium is erupting .
I can’ t help but laugh how Fonseca is being said to be useless in the chat rooms.
60′ Foul Solis and German Tim Borowski wins a free kick.
Oh manI am hungry at 1 in the morning here at my place .
56′ Foul Umana and Torsten of Germany wins a free kick.
56′ Foul Lahm on Wanchope Paulo. Both scored in the first half.
It seems that Costa Rica are backing off a bit in the hope of catching Germany in the break.
As of this time Germany have 63 percent of the possession and had five shots on the goal compared to Ticos 1.
53′ Ronald Gomez of Ticos gets a free kick off a foul by Metzelder of Germany.
52′ Lukas Podolski missed a header.
Both teams are playing incredible defense right now. Each one knows that they could not afford to lose because if history has it’s way only one team had advanced after losing the opener for the last 8 years.
50′ Hand ball by Centeno (CRC).
48′ Danny Fonseca (CRC) missed a header from the center box. Assist by Centeno.
46′ Lukas Podolski (GER) missed his shot from outside the box. Assist from Bernd.
Second half starts .
First Half Heroes (Klose (GER), Wanchope (CRC), Lahm (GER)):
Recap:
Germany had 5 shots on the goal compared to Costa Rica’s 1
Germany had 3 corner kicks and 2 off-sides while Costa Rica has no corner kick and 3 off-sides.
Germany had 54% of possession while Ticos had 46%
The game started aggresive who almost matched the 44 year history of four goals in an opener. It turned out that the game settled down.
The first half ends .
45′ Offside for Costa Rica.
Tico’s back players are so pathetic and Germany just could not keep up against the Tico’s counter attacks .
43′ Metzelder missed an attempt from a difficult angle.
42′ Foul Paulo Wanchope.
40′ Almost scored another goal though Lukas’s shot was a little high.
39′ Germany wins a free kick.
39′ Foul Sequeira Douglas on Schweinsteiger.
38′ Offside of Wnachope Paulo.
After that goal by Costa Rica, fans in chats and blogs are attacking Klinsmann’s decision on letting Lehmann instead of Kahn
38′ Foul Podolski on Gonzales Leonardo.
37′ Shot 3 Friedrich.
36′ Offside by Sequeira Douglas (Ticos).
35′ Foul by Torsten Frings.
34′ Klose is caught offside.
Probably the first few minutes was due to an immense amount of adrenaline .
29′ the pace of the game is maintaining its slow course.
Three goals is outstanding and it would look like it shall match the record 44 years ago in 1962 of four. Maybe they can break it. The 3 billion viewers may be rising fast.
Now this is bad news because Lehmann seemed hurt at this point .
Three goals in the first 18 minutes and both teams are settling down exchanging possessions .
17′ Boom. Goal Klose jsut gave Germany the lead. Thanks Schweinsteiger for that touch .
Too early too many score. I wonder how many viewers are tuned in right now. 3 billion was the last count.
It was a defensive lapse on the side of German as Ticos has now breathe life back.
It seems he was stepping outstide . Anyways, they got the goal.
12′ Boom. Goal Paulo Wanchope breaks from the pack and scores!
The German left winger Schwinsteiger and Lahm is very strong and the Ticos could not do anything .
Costa Rica could not do anything with that goal. It was simply spectacular.
6′ Boom . Goal Germany scores via Philipp Lahm. The whole stadium is in pandemonium. The morale confidence is boosted. The fans jump in jubilation .
Germany plays on short and accurate passes.
Costa Rica has won the early free kick though Germany’s defense is able to get it right away.
Before the match kicked off the whole stadium was in total silence. Just before it started the whole atmosphere just exploded.
There are thousands of fans who have gathered outside the stadium. They may not be lucky to get tickets, they are still able to watch the games via Big Screens .
Liveblogging: The FIFA World Cup is now Live. Boom .
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