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Allez les bleus!!
I agree.
Fuck fuck fuck I can't watch the match, I stupidly planned something else for this evening. Every bar in my street got a TV running, so at least I watched a bit of the match while walking home. I've been told the Swiss supporters used really mean intimidation tactics based on cowbells! |
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| Angiegirl |
Les Blues are a bit slow tonight, maybe they should eat some hot peppers during this break...
The referee is a joke btw. |
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| marko |
France,not playing good,they do try,but something doesnīt
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
Brasil 1 - 0 Croatia
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| Rick56 |
Croatia are going to miss their best defender (Vidic)
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| Honky Tonk Man |
I wasnt surprised that Brazil won, but there were several moments when the perhaps could've and maybe even should've conceded. Still, this is Brazil and with a team like that, it only takes one but of magic to change everything. Like Voodoo, I was impressed with Croatia, but they just didn't quite have it in them. |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Bruce Arena ripped his team a new one, and he named names.
Good for him. He shoulda ripped them, and the guys he called out...Donovan and Beasley...deserved to get called out. They did a lot of standing, walking, and watching. If they want to be recognized as world class players...then they need to step up and PLAY THAT WAY!
The USA can still advance, but they have to win the next two. It's put up or shut up time. I think the USA can beat the Azzuri. They have the talent to do it. Now they have to have the WILL to do it. If they show up and sleepwalk through the next match...the Italians will absolutely humiliate them. They need to come out and take it to the Italians...pressure them. It's the only way. Otherwise, they should just go home now. |
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South Korea 2-1 Togo
South Korea took their time to get going before finally overcoming the resistance of 10-man Togo.
The one moment of real quality in the first half came when Togo's Mohamed Kader controlled the ball on his thigh and lashed home a fine shot.
Kader nearly made it two after the break before Jean-Paul Abalo's second booking saw him sent off.
Lee Chun-Soo curled in the resulting free-kick and Ahn Jung-Hwan's deflected strike won the game for South Korea.
Sweltering temperatures beneath a closed roof ensured the game got off to a sluggish start, with little real incident at either end in the early stages.
The deadlock was broken just past the half hour with the first moment of real quality from either side.
Kader sprinted forward, controlled the ball beautifully with his thigh and shot low into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.
Cho Jae-Jin and Lee Eul-Yong tried long-range efforts as South Korea tried to get back into the game, but they still seemed dazed at having gone behind.
Junior Senaya's free-kick almost doubled Togo's lead just before half-time, drawing a fine save from Lee Woon-Jae.
Kader showed neat footwork as he nearly added a second early in the second half, before Jean-Paul Abalo was sent off for a foul on Park Ji-Sung, and Lee Chun-Soo's perfectly judged free-kick from just outside the box drew South Korea level.
Cho Jae-Jin narrowly missed connecting with a diving header as the pace of the game picked up following the second goal, with Moustapha Salifou having a couple of chances for Togo.
But it was Korean substitute Ahn Jung-Hwan who was next to find the net, turning on the edge of the box to fire a deflected shot high into the roof of the net.
Emmanuel Adebayor wasted a great chance for Togo when he fouled his marker when in a scoring position, as Korea took a tight grip on the game.
Togo battled valiantly, but ultimately South Korea's one-man advantage proved decisive.
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South Korea: Woon-Jae Lee, Young-Chul Kim, Choi, Jin-Kyu Kim (Ahn 45), Young-Pyo Lee, Song, Ji-Sung Park, Eul-Yong Lee (Nam-Il Kim 68), Ho Lee, Chun-Soo Lee, Jae-Jin Cho (Sang-Sik Kim 83).
Subs Not Used: Baek, Won-hee Cho, Chung, Do-Heon Kim, Dong-Jin Kim, Yong-Dae Kim, Young-Kwang Kim, Chu-Young Park, Seol.
Booked: Young-Chul Kim, Chun-Soo Lee.
Goals: Chun-Soo Lee 54, Ahn 72.
Togo: Agassa, Nibombe, Tchangai, Assemoassa (Forson 62), Abalo, Salifou (Aziawonou 86), Cherif-Toure, Romao, Senaya (Toure 56), Mohamed, Adebayor.
Subs Not Used: Agboh, Akoto, Dossevi, Erassa, Malm, Obilale, Olufade, Tchagnirou, Atsou.
Sent Off: Abalo (53)
Booked: Abalo, Romao, Tchangai.
Goals: Mohamed 31.
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France 0-0 Switzerland
France got their World Cup campaign off to a disappointing start with an uninspiring draw against Switzerland.
Both teams found it hard in stifling conditions and lacked any real creative spark until the closing stages.
Switzerland came closest to scoring, with Alexander Frei fluffing an easy chance and Fabien Barthez brilliantly denying substitute Daniel Gygax.
Thierry Henry was denied a penalty when his shot was handled by Patrick Mueller but the referee waved his claims away.
France had the better of the early exchanges and Henry came close to giving them the lead with a header on five minutes, but Sylvain Wiltord put too much on the cross and it soared over the bar.
Neither team seemed keen to extend themselves in the disagreeable heat and it was no surprise the sides only managed a goal apiece in their two World Cup qualifying meetings.
Henry was isolated up front at times and this was highlighted midway through the first half when the Arsenal striker worked his way to the byline and stuck a probing cross into the box, only to find none of his colleagues had made the journey with him.
Switzerland had a glorious chance to open the scoring in the 23rd minute when Tranquillo Barnetta fired in a free kick and Phillippe Senderos got the faintest of touches to nod it on to the post.
In the resultant scramble Frei had the goal at his mercy, but Eric Abidal just did enough to put him off and the ball ballooned over the bar.
Debutant Franck Ribery should have given France the lead when he was put clean through on 37 minutes but he nervously squared to Henry instead. The striker's shot hit the hand of of Mueller, but the Russian referee decided it was accidental.
Patrick Vieira was off the pace
France came out of the traps quickest in the second half and Patrick Vieira wasted another opportunity two minutes in, scuffing his shot after being teed up by Ribery.
Vieira looked a shadow of the player who made those surging box-to-box runs, while Zinedine Zidane's box of tricks was ransacked some time ago.
Just before the hour mark, Henry slid Wiltord in and a goal seemed certain until a perfectly-timed tackle by Senderos whipped the ball off the Frenchman's foot as he was preparing to pull the trigger.
Switzerland responded with a rare attack of their own when Barnetta burst into the area, but he delayed his pass too long and the French cleared their lines.
Substitute Vikash Dhorasoo was a whisker away from giving France a last-gasp winner and Frei's attempt to punch in a Swiss free kick was punished with a yellow card.
When the final whistle came, the French section of the crowd made their feelings clear, realising perhaps that age has finally caught up with Les Bleus.
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France: Barthez, Abidal, Gallas, Thuram, Sagnol, Zidane, Makelele, Vieira, Ribery (Saha 69), Wiltord (Dhorasoo 84), Henry.
Subs Not Used: Boumsong, Chimbonda, Coupet, Diarra, Givet, Govou, Landreau, Malouda, Silvestre, Trezeguet.
Booked: Abidal, Zidane, Sagnol.
Switzerland: Zuberbuhler, Magnin, Senderos, Muller (Djourou 74), Philipp Degen, Cabanas, Vogel, Wicky (Margairaz 81), Barnetta, Frei, Streller (Gygax 57).
Subs Not Used: Behrami, Benaglio, Coltorti, David Degen, Dzemaili, Grichting, Lustrinelli, Spycher, Yakin.
Booked: Magnin, Barnetta, Philipp Degen, Cabanas, Frei.
Att: 52,000.
Ref: Valentin Ivanov (Russia).
Fifa man of the match: Claude Makelele.
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Brazil 1-0 Croatia
Brazil beat Croatia to become the first team to win eight successive matches in the World Cup finals.
Croatia's tactics frustrated Brazil for much of the match, but just before the interval Kaka's wonderful curling left-footed shot beat Stipe Pletikosa.
Pletikosa's opposite number Dida frequently came to Brazil's rescue, notably with second-half saves from Dado Prso and Ivan Klasnic.
Brazil finished strongly, with Kaka again going close with a rasping shot.
The Brazilians might be favourites to claim the "Hexa" - a sixth World Cup - but the way Croatia made Carlos Alberto Parreira's side work for this win suggests the world champions are not without their weaknesses.
Strikers Ronaldo and Adriano looked subdued throughout and it took 55 minutes for the much criticised Real Madrid striker to have a shot at goal.
The unhappy Ronaldo was eventually replaced by Robinho, whose introduction served to bring greater attacking fluidity to the Brazilian side.
But the fact that Dida was one of Brazil's best performers gives an indication of just how well Croatia played.
Prso's strong running troubled the Brazilian defence and early in the second half the Rangers striker powerfully shrugged off Lucio before testing Dida with a low shot.
Soon after making that save Dida's positioning allowed him to safely gather a Marko Babic shot.
While Prso provided an attacking outlet for Croatia, the Balkan side's defence managed to stymie Brazil for long periods.
Pletikosa, who was making his 50th appearance for Croatia, had a quiet introduction to the game, but on 15 minutes the Croatian goalkeeper came under intense pressure.
He athletically tipped a Roberto Carlos shot over the bar and then pushed away a Ronaldinho effort that came to Pletikosa through a packed penalty area.
Just after the hour Pletikosa made the best save of the game when he kept out a poweful Ronaldinho header.
Not that Croatia were ever content to solely soak up Brazil's attacks.
Prso frequently drifted out to the left and looked impressive with some strong running, while Ivan Klasnic and Niko Kranjcar had speculative shots.
Those two efforts did not trouble Dida, but seven minutes before the break the Brazilian keeper had a real scare when Igor Tudor came desperately close to reaching Darijo Srna's dangerous inswinging free-kick from the left.
Having subdued Brazil for 44 minutes, Croatia fell behind to a wonderfully constructed and taken goal.
Midfielder Emerson started the move, surging into the Croatia half before feeding the ball to Cafu.
The Brazilian right-back slipped the ball inside to Kaka, who after switching the ball quickly to his left foot, beat Pletikosa with an unstoppable shot.
It was a superb goal which hinted at the power and skill of the Brazilians.
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Brazil: Dida, Cafu, Lucio, Juan, Carlos, Ze Roberto, Emerson, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Adriano, Ronaldo (Robinho 69).
Subs Not Used: Cicinho, Cris, Fred, Gilberto, Julio Cesar, Juninho, Luisao, Mineiro, Ricardinho, Rogerio, Silva.
Booked: Emerson.
Goals: Kaka 44.
Croatia: Pletikosa, Simunic, Robert Kovac, Tudor, Simic, Srna, Babic, Nico Kovac (Jerko Leko 40), Kranjcar, Prso, Klasnic (Olic 57).
Subs Not Used: Balaban, Bosnjak, Butina, Didulica, Ivan Leko, Modric, Seric, Tokic, Tomas, Vranjes.
Booked: Nico Kovac, Robert Kovac, Tudor.
Att: 72,000.
Ref: Benito Archundia Tellez (Mexico).
Fifa man of the match: Kaka.
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Angie your team will be automatically entered in the next day or two when the next round of group games start. if anyone else wants to start scoring points from round 2 of group games, they have to enter before the next round of group games start, which I think is either tomorrow or Thursday.
http://fantasyfootball.metro.co.uk
code is 177810-25882
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| Soldatti |
Brazil struggled to keep the difference, overall not a good debut for the favorites.
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| Carlos Pigozzi |
Best teams so far : Italy and Czech Republic. And Croatia is really good.
My bet goes to Italy to win the cup ( of course it will be an European, it's a FIFA thing, you know what I mean ). |
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| Highwire Rob |
Ricardo (Kaka) & Caroline
That is just about the most gorgeous couple. And what a lethal foot! |
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| Jumacfly |
As usual everybody in France is fartin' on the French performance!!
they did a serious game, and Swiss is not Ghana or...USA.
We ll be at the second round, for sure.
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| speedfreakjive |
Ronaldo and Adriano were crap for Brazil - I've seen cows move more in 90 minutes!!! |
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| albert |
The Dutch are ready for Brasil!!
(but first Ivoorkust & Argentina)
gr,
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quote:
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Ronaldo and Adriano were crap for Brazil - I've seen cows move more in 90 minutes!!!
What happended to Adriano I donīt know, but that Ronaldo... what a fucking lazy fat! He is out of shape... |
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quote:
speedfreakjive wrote:
Ronaldo and Adriano were crap for Brazil - I've seen cows move more in 90 minutes!!!
my sources told me he had sandwiches hidden in his short... |
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| Honky Tonk Man |
SPAIN 4-0 UKRAINE
Wow, the Spaniads look HOT! They're passing and skill is maybe the best I've seen in this tournament so far. Where was Shivchenko? |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! fuck Yeah! Spain 4 and almost 5, sorry Taras!
One of the benefits of having two legal nationalities is that you have two teams to watch as yours! Now I have GF 7 GA 1 !! Cool isn't it?    |
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What happended to Adriano I donīt know, but that Ronaldo... what a fucking lazy fat! He is out of shape...
lol, i said will be difficult to play with croatia, they have a good defense who stop the brazilian attack!
and they are dangerous in the attack....for god, kaka have a nice shot!!!!
you donīt understand about ronalducho (a.k.a."fatter ronaldo"), he was in the field to test the gram for robinho....lol
god, he walk in the FIELD, KEITH HAS MORE CONDITION PHISYC ABOUT HIM, LETīS SEE:
KEITH PLAYS GUITAR, SING AND DANCE IN 2 HOURS, RONALDO CANNOT WALK ABOUT 60 MINUTES!!!!!!!!! LOL. LOL. LOL. |
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Spain 4-0 Ukraine
Spain put on a stunning show in the Liepzig sunshine
Spain produced a super display to outclass a Ukraine side that played most of the second half with 10 men.
Xabi Alonso headed Spain in front from a Xavi corner and David Villa doubled the lead with a free-kick that deflected past Olexandr Shovkovskiy.
Vladislav Vashchuk was sent off for pulling back Fernando Torres and Villa added a third goal from the penalty.
Spain saved their best for last when Fernando Torres finished off a sublime move by drilling home.
It was a harsh welcome to the finals for World Cup new boys Ukraine who struggled as the temperatures again hit the 30C mark as the German heat-wave continued.
Spain wasted no time in going straight at the debutants, with Torres and Villa showing why they were preferred up front to skipper Raul.
The Ukraine defence looked like they did not know what had hit them as the front pair's direct running put them firmly on the back foot.
Ukraine had already suffered a few scares when Alonso put Spain in front with his first international goal.
Four minutes later Ukraine's woes worsened when Villa's free-kick clipped the head of Andriy Rusol in the wall and deflected past Shovkovskiy.
Rather than taking their foot off the gas, Spain were like a rampaging bull as the red shirts poured forward.
At the other end little was going right for Ukraine.
Andriy Shevchenko had given them a boost by being passed fit to start, but he was rarely a threat and one of his rare ventures into the Spanish area saw him tread on the ball.
It took them 32 minutes to register a shot on goal, and even then it was a scuffed effort from Andriy Gusin that was easily gathered by Iker Casillas.
The impressive Villa scored two of Spain's goals
Ukraine made two changes at the break but any hope of their new arrivals helping them change things around ended when Vashchuk was harshly dismissed.
The defender battled back to try and prevent Torres from a clean strike on goal, but Swiss referee Massimo Busacca adjudged he had pulled Torres back and issued a red card and a penalty.
Villa stepped up to score from the spot and the three points were effectively Spain's.
The Ukraine battled on bravely with Andriy Voronin volleying just wide and substitute Serhiy Rebrov lashing their best chance of the game over the bar.
But the last word fell to Spain, with Carles Puyol starting off a fantastic move from his own half.
He carried on running and when the ball was played forward he headed into the path of Torres to drive home from the edge of the area.
It capped off a thoroughly impressive performance from a country who so often fail to deliver at the World Cup finals.
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Spain: Casillas, Pernia, Puyol, Sergio Ramos, Pablo, Xavi, Alonso (Albelda 55), Senna, Luis Garcia (Fabregas 77), Villa (Raul 55), Torres.
Subs Not Used: Antonio Lopez, Canizares, Iniesta, Joaquin, Juanito, Marchena, Reina, Reyes, Salgado.
Goals: Alonso 13, Villa 17, 48 pen, Torres 81.
Ukraine: Shovkovskiy, Nesmachniy, Yezerskiy, Rusol, Vashchuk, Tymoschuk, Gusev (Shelayev 45), Gusin (Vorobey 45), Rotan (Rebrov 63), Shevchenko, Voronin.
Subs Not Used: Byelik, Chigrynskiy, Kalinichenko, Milevskiy, Nazarenko, Pyatov, Shust, Sviderskiy, Yatsenko.
Sent Off: Vashchuk (47).
Booked: Rusol, Yezerskiy.
Att: 43,000.
Ref: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland).
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Rooney ready but Neville a doubt
Rooney has not played for more than six weeks
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed striker Wayne Rooney is "match fit" ahead of Thursday's World Cup match against Trinidad and Tobago.
Eriksson said Rooney will not start the match, but had yet to decide whether the 20-year-old will play some part.
Meanwhile, Rooney's Manchester United team-mate Gary Neville looks set to be ruled out of the Group B game.
Eriksson said the right-back was very doubtful after pulling out of a training session with a calf strain.
Neville is to undergo a scan, with Owen Hargreaves or Jamie Carragher set to step in if he does not recover in time.
Rooney has not played since breaking his foot in a Premiership match against Chelsea on 29 April.
Eriksson denied he had a row with FA chief executive Brian Barwick over the striker's comeback.
Barwick was reported to be opposed to his return because the FA's insurance policy might not provide sufficient protection if the player suffered a secondary injury in Nuremberg.
"It has been reported that Brian and I had a row about it which is completely a lie. We have discussed it all, it is not a dispute, no," said Eriksson.
"We will talk about it after the game, it is not fair to do it in front of the team."
Neville withdrew from the training session with a calf strain
Neville withdrew from training at the Franken-Stadion just 15 minutes into the final session.
The 31-year-old defender spent a couple of minutes on the sidelines before heading down the players' tunnel with England physio Gary Lewin.
In contrast, Rooney looked sharp and appeared to be enjoying himself in sweltering conditions.
Eriksson refused to confirm whether Michael Owen, who was taken off after only 55 minutes of England's 1-0 opening win over Paraguay, would start up front alongside Peter Crouch.
England struggled in the Frankfurt heat on Saturday, and the players were greeted with a temperature approaching 30C as they arrived in Nuremberg.
Weather forecasts suggest humid conditions for their second group match, despite it kicking off in the early evening (1700 BST, 1800 local time).
Leading German weather forecaster Joerg Kachelmann said: "It's probably going to be hot for England after all."
Fifa has promised it will ensure players have access to water during stoppages in play.
Earlier, Neville had said the heat should not be used as an excuse for Saturday's laboured display, and the team needed to improve their passing and movement.
"The basics have to be right, and then we can start to look at other things," he told Five Live.
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Germany 1-0 Poland
They left it to the dying minutes, but they won it in the end. Overall The Germans deserved the victory. They don't look like World Cup winners to me though. That is unless it comes down to a penalty shootout
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Tunisia 2-2 Saudi Arabia
Radhi Jaidi scored his sixth goal for Tunisia
Bolton defender Radhi Jaidi salvaged a point for Tunisia with a powerful header in stoppage time in Munich.
Saudi Arabia's record goalscorer Sami Al Jaber looked to have given his side the win when he came off the bench to put them 2-1 up with six minutes to go.
Just 90 seconds after his introduction, veteran Al Jaber beat Tunisian keeper Ali Boumnijel with a left-footed shot.
Ziad Jaziri's first-half volley had given Tunisia the lead, before Yasser Al Kahtani equalised with a deft flick.
The draw means Spain are top of Group H with three points, with Tunisia and Saudi Arabia joint second on one point each.
Jaziri had served notice of the threat he posed with his quick feet and strong running as early as the second minute when he surged into the Saudi box.
The Tunisian striker went to ground under pressure from Omar Al Ghamdi and claimed a penalty, but Australian referee Mark Shield waved play on.
Jaziri took his goal superbly. With both feet off the ground he showed exquisite technique to lash a right-footed volley past Mabrouk Zaid.
If Jaziri's goal was exceptional, the defending by Saudi Arabia was rather less impressive, with Redha Tuker primarily at fault with a poor defensive header.
Tuker's header richocheted off Hamad Al Montashari and as the Saudi Arabian defence dithered, Jaziri pounched.
Tuker tried to make amends for his mistake with a well-taken free-kick that was comfortably saved by Boumnijel.
Tunisia made the fatal mistake of sitting on the lead, a tactical error they were punished for as Saudi Arabia adopted a bolder approach in the second half.
Key to the Saudis' revival was the influence of midfielder Mohammed Noor, who began to get forward into more advanced positions.
Soon after the restart Noor spurned a good chance to equalise when he flicked the ball wide with just Boumnijel to beat.
But Noor made amends for his miss when he delivered an enticing cross to the near past that Al Kahtani cleverly flicked into the net.
With 10 minutes to go Saudi Arabia introduced their record goalscorer Al Jaber for Al Kahtani for his 161st cap.
Al Jaber, who had an unhappy five-month spell at Wolves, did not take long to make his mark, calmly slotting past Boumnijel after galloping clear of the Tunisia defence.
Saudi Arabia almost extended their lead when captain Hussein Sulaimani's deflected free-kick crashed against the woodwork
But Jaidi, who has proved such a threat for Bolton with his strength, came to Tunisia's rescue, thumping a header past Zaid after Jaziri crossed from the right.
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Tunisia: Boumnijel, Haggui, Trabelsi, Jaidi, Jemmali, Mnari, Bouazizi (Nafti 54), Chedli (Ghodhbane 69), Namouchi, Jaziri, Chikhaoui (Essediri 82).
Subs Not Used: Ayari, Ben Saada, Gmamdia, Kasraoui, Melliti, Nefzi, Saidi, Santos, Yahia.
Booked: Haggui, Bouazizi, Chedli, Chikhaoui.
Goals: Jaziri 23, Jaidi 90.
Saudi Arabia: Zaid, Dokhi, Tukar, Al Montashari, Sulimani, Al Ghamdi, Noor (Ameen 75), Khariri, Aziz, Al Temyat (Mouath 66), Al Kahtani (Al Jaber 82).
Subs Not Used: Al Anbar, Al Bahri, Al Daeyea, Al Harthi, Al Qadi, Al Shlhoub, Khathran, Khojah, Massad.
Goals: Al Kahtani 57, Al Jaber 84.
Att: 66,000.
Ref: Mark Shield (Australia).
Fifa man of the match: Ziad Jaziri.
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Germany 1-0 Poland
Oliver Neuville put Germany within reach of the last 16 with a goal in the first minute of stoppage time to leave Poland pointless after two games.
The forward latched on to a low cross from fellow substitute David Odonkor to slide the ball past the despairing dive of Poland goalkeeper Artur Boruc.
The goal came a minute after Miroslav Klose and Michael Ballack had hit the bar within seconds of each other.
Poland's Radoslaw Sobolewski was sent off late on for two bookable offences.
The Germans created a hatful of chances, but failed to make the most of them and also found Boruc in sensational form.
Klose should have eased German nerves earlier in the game, but the 28-year-old could not add to his two-goal tally from the first game against Costa Rica.
The Werder Bremen striker, who scored 25 goals in the Bundesliga last season, came close twice in the first 15 minutes with a header and low shot that the Poland keeper smothered.
He then failed to hit the target with another header and struck the crossbar in the second half with a similar effort.
His strike-partner Lukas Podolski also came close to scoring, but his shot from Philipp Lahm's low cross went wide of Boruc's left-hand post.
At the other end, Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann had little to do. The Poles threatened on several occasions, particularly in the second half with Ireneusz Jelen pulling the strings in midfield.
But for all their good intentions and vibrant build-up play, the final ball let them down.
When they did get a sight on goal, it was Jelen who came closest to scoring, but his second-half strike from the edge of the area went straight down Lehmann's throat.
Germany brought on the pacy David Odonkor in the last 20 minutes and his arrival appeared to add a spring into the step of his frustrated side.
However, the Poland keeper was in no mood to lie down and made fantastic reaction saves from the industrious Lahm and Neuville.
When he was beaten the woodwork saved him as in the last minute of normal time Klose headed against the woodwork from close range and Ballack did the same with the rebound.
But with just a few seconds of stoppage time remaining, all of Boruc's good work was undone by the instinctive reactions of Neuville.
Odonkor sped down the right to fire in a low ball which found the diminutive forward who eluded his two markers to prod past the helpless Poland shotstopper.
Neuville's goal gave Germany their first win against another European team at the finals of either the World Cup or European Championships since their victory over the Czech Republic in the final of Euro 1996.
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Germany: Lehmann, Friedrich (Odonkor 64), Mertesacker, Metzelder, Lahm, Schweinsteiger (Borowski 76), Ballack, Frings, Schneider, Podolski (Neuville 71), Klose.
Subs Not Used: Jansen, Huth, Kehl, Nowotny, Kahn, Asamoah, Hitzlsperger, Hildebrand.
Booked: Ballack, Odonkor, Metzelder.
Goals: Neuville 90.
Poland: Boruc, Bosacki, Baszczynski, Bak, Zewlakow (Dudka 83), Sobolewski, Krzynowek (Lewandowski 77), Smolarek, Radomski, Zurawski, Jelen (Brozek 90).
Subs Not Used: Jop, Gancarczyk, Kosowski, Szymkowiak, Rasiak, Kuszczak, Mila, Giza, Fabianski.
Sent Off: Sobolewski (75).
Booked: Krzynowek, Sobolewski, Boruc.
Att: 65,000
Ref: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain).
Fifa man of the match: Philipp Lahm
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