Germany Vs Costa Rica

Team Details:

Germany
01 J Lehmann
03 A Friedrich
17 P Mertesacker
21 C Metzelder
16 P Lahm
07 B Schweinsteiger
08 T Frings
18 T Borowski
19 B Schneider
20 L Podolski
11 M Klose

Costa Rica
18 J Porras
03 L Marin
04 M Umana
12 L Gonzalez
05 G Martinez
06 D Fonseca=Yellow Card
08 M Solis
10 W Centeno
20 D Sequeira
11 R Gomez
09 P Wanchope

Match Details:

Attendence: 64950

Possession:Germany-57% Costa Rica-43%

Yellow Cards: D Fonseca-Costa Rica

Goals:

6 mins: GOAL Germany 1-0 Costa Rica
Full-back Philip Lahm scores with his right foot from the edge of the area which ended up in the top right corner.

12 mins: GOAL Germany 1-1 Costa Rica
Germans are unhappy that this was offside, replays show it was a good goal. Ronald Gomez split the defence with a great pass and Lehmann scores low to the keeper's right.

17 mins: GOAL Germany 2-1 Costa Rica
Bastian Schweinsteiger passes to Miroslav Klose who scores at the far post.

HALF TIME: Germany 2-1 Costa Rica

61 mins: GOAL Germany 3-1 Costa Rica
Philip Lahm crosses from the left and Klose scores a second goal to put Germany 2 up.

72 mins: GOAL Germany 3-2 Costa Rica
Things get interesting when Costa Rica score again. Another suspicion of offside with the goal, but Paulo Wanchope's goal stands

85 mins: GOAL Germany 4-2 Costa Rica
Torsten Frings fires in from 35 yards and allows Germany to relax a little.

Full time: GERMANY:4 Costa Rica:2


Let's hear what you thought of this game

What a truly amazing first goal for the world cup !

for a guy who hasn't scored for his club all season that was about as perfect a shot as you could get.

If anyone can find a link to movie highlights of the goals in this game, please add a link to this area.



At 3-2 its was anyones game, with such a short amount of time left to play, but the 6th goal in the game allowed them to relax a little.

Hoping that all the games are this exciting, and at least Germany have showed they have firepower, and weaknesses.

Great TV !

A great game! Didn't get to see the first goal but saw the 6th though...a terrible screamer!
Still, Costa Rica showed (surprisingly) that they are up to the challenge when they kept the Germans uneased...they demonstrated to everyone else that Germany has a very restless defense that can be well explored to the opponents' advantage.

Not a massive surprise here, I had my money on Germany for sure with this game. Nice game, enjoyed it a lot. Some good football.