FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 / Final round
This article covers the final round of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup .
Semifinals
Germany - Brazil 2: 3 (2: 2)
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Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Robert Huth , Per Mertesacker , Bernd Schneider - Sebastian Deisler (83rd Mike Hanke ), Fabian Ernst (87th Tim Borowski ), Michael Ballack , Torsten Frings - Lukas Podolski , Kevin Kurányi (63rd Gerald Asamoah ) Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann |
Dida - Maicon (46th Cicinho ), Roque Júnior , Lúcio , Gilberto - Kaká (78th Renato ), Emerson , Zé Roberto , Ronaldinho - Adriano , Robinho (87th Júlio Baptista ) Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira |
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 1: 1 Podolski (23rd) 2: 2 Ballack (45th + 3 ', penalty kick)
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0: 1 Adriano (21st) 1: 2 Ronaldinho (43rd, penalty kick) 2: 3 Adriano (76th)
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 Deisler (2nd, blocked), Ernst
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Roque Júnior (2nd, suspended), Cicinho (2nd, suspended), Emerson, Adriano
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Match report
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In summery temperatures, the reigning world champion Brazil won against the runner-up world champions Germany with 3-2 goals in the Franken Stadium in Nuremberg, where five World Cup games will take place next year, in front of 42,187 spectators. The hosts fought passionately from the start and twice equalized the South American lead. This was the second time that Germany lost under national coach Jürgen Klinsmann in their eleven-month term.
Compared to the last group game against Argentina (2: 2) Michael Ballack , Lukas Podolski and Arne Friedrich were there again. There were also some changes in Brazil, so Dida played in goal again, Maicon defended, and Roque Júnior played for Juan in defense. The Berliner Gilberto played as well as Emerson .
The Brazil national team had to take the lead three times through Adriano (0-1 and 2-3) and Ronaldinho in an exciting and interesting game to win the game against the hosts. He fought sacrificially against the reigning world champion. With the interim 1: 1 by the young star Podolski from 1. FC Köln and the 2: 2 equalization by the penalty kick by Ballack , hope sprouted among the Germans, after five years (then 1: 0 against England) finally again against a " Big ”in world football. The class of Adriano, who later became the best player of the tournament, made the difference against the young defenders of national coach Jürgen Klinsmann . Brazil were technically superior, but the Germans fought and scored many opportunities. In the end, the host of the tournament had to come to terms with the " small final ".
Mexico - Argentina 1: 1 aet (0: 0, 0: 0), 5: 6 i. E.
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Oswaldo Sánchez - Ricardo Osorio , Rafael Márquez , Carlos Salcido - Gonzalo Pineda - Mario Méndez , Pável Pardo , Jaime Lozano (56th Luis Ernesto Pérez ), Ramón Morales (72nd Alberto Medina ) - Zinha (94th Gerardo Torrado ) - Jared Borgetti Coach: Ricardo La Volpe |
Germán Lux - Javier Zanetti , Gabriel Milito (66th Maxi Rodríguez ), Fabricio Coloccini , Gabriel Heinze - Mario Alberto Santana (76th Pablo Aimar ), Esteban Cambiasso , Juan Román Riquelme , Juan Pablo Sorín - Luciano Figueroa (116th Luciano Galletti ) , Javier Saviola Coach: José Pekerman |
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1-0 Salcido (104th)
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1: 1 Figueroa (110.)
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 1: 0 Pérez 2: 1 Pardo 3: 2 Borgetti 4: 3 Salcido 5: 4 Pineda  Lux holds against Osorio
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1: 1 Riquelme 2: 2 Maxi Rodríguez 3: 3 Aimar 4: 4 Galletti 5: 5 Sorín 5: 6 Cambiasso
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Pineda (2nd, closed), Medina, Salcido
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Milito, Coloccini
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 Saviola (90, serious foul)
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Match report The 40,718 visitors to the FIFA World Cup stadium in Hanover saw an exciting match between the South Americans from Argentina and the Central Americans from Mexico, which could only be decided on penalties. The game between the two teams was fierce, so there were many fouls. The favorite Argentina had some difficulties with the compact Mexicans in the first half, but could not convert their slight field superiority into penalty area scenes or even goals.
The two-time world champion got stronger in the second half and attacked the Central Americans already in midfield. The game got better and better over time and went back and forth. However, both lines of defense made hardly any mistakes, so that the offensive departments looked bad. Shortly before the end of the 90 minutes, Javier Saviola , who came up against Pineda, received the red card . After extra time, both teams had to make do with ten players, as a Mexican ( Rafael Márquez ), this time with yellow-red , was also sent off.
In the extension, the longed-for goals by the spectators fell. Mexico took the lead through Salcido in the 104th minute. Argentina then turned it up again and forced the goal in the 110th minute through Luciano Figueroa , who had just failed at the post. After that, not much happened and so the decision had to be made on penalties. After all five players had scored, the Argentine goalkeeper Germán Lux held the ball. In addition to Brazil the day before, the second big favorite to win the tournament had now qualified for the final.
3rd place match
Germany - Mexico 4: 3 a.d. (3: 3, 2: 1)
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Oliver Kahn - Andreas Hinkel , Robert Huth , Per Mertesacker , Bernd Schneider - Sebastian Deisler (67th Gerald Asamoah ), Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Bastian Schweinsteiger (83rd Fabian Ernst ) - Lukas Podolski (74th Kevin Kurányi ), Mike Hanke Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann |
Oswaldo Sánchez - Ricardo Osorio , Gonzalo Pineda , Carlos Salcido - Mario Méndez (58th Alberto Medina ), Pável Pardo , Luis Ernesto Pérez , Ramón Morales (81st Rafael Márquez ) - Zinha - Francisco Fonseca (46th Juan Pablo Rodríguez ), Jared Borgetti Coach: Ricardo La Volpe |
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1: 0 Podolski (37.) 2: 1 Schweinsteiger (41.) 3: 2 Huth (79.) 4: 3 Ballack (97.)
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1: 1 Fonseca (40th) 2: 2 Borgetti (58th) 3: 3 Borgetti (85th)
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Frings, Asamoah
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Pérez, Medina (2nd), Osorio
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Hanke (54th, gross foul play)
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Match report The “small final” in the central stadium in Leipzig , which was sold out with 43,335 spectators , developed into a great football game that thrived on goals and tension. The hosts Germany had to take the lead four times to beat the Central Americans. Although Mexico earlier against the record champions Brazil 1: 0 and won was narrowly eliminated in a penalty shootout against tournament favorites Argentina, won Germany, which after the red card by Mike Hanke had to play 70 minutes with ten men.
The German national soccer team switched to four positions: Oliver Kahn , Bastian Schweinsteiger , Andreas Hinkel and Mike Hanke joined the team compared to the semi-final against Brazil. Lehmann, Friedrich, Ernst and Kuranyi first had to take a seat on the bench. Compared to the Argentina game, the Mexican national coach Ricardo Antonio La Volpe switched to two positions: Fonseca and Perez replaced Lozano and Marquez, who was suspended because of a red card .
The North and Central American champions came into play better than the World Cup hosts. The Mexicans had many good chances in the first few minutes, as the young German defenders had not yet found a meaningful assignment. After almost 20 minutes, the team of national coach Jürgen Klinsmann improved . Lukas Podolski, Mike Hanke and Robert Huth each had a chance up to the 30th minute. The three-time world champion neutralized the game of the Mexicans.
As time went on, Germany got more and more shares in the game and so Podolski's goal, his third in the competition, was only a matter of time in the 37th minute after Schweinsteiger's preparatory work. The 20-year-old player from 1. FC Köln pulled the ball with his left from a good 20 meters into the right corner of the goal. The leadership of the Germans lasted only three minutes. After a catastrophic mistake by Torsten Frings , who wasted the ball in his own half against Zinha Naelson, Fonseca scored the equalizer. Unimpressed by the quick equalization, the Germans again achieved the 2-1 lead just 60 seconds later after a wonderful combination between Podolski, Hinkel and Schweinsteiger.
In the second half the game was balanced at the beginning until Mike Hanke was sent off in the 54th minute for gross foul play. The Schalke player at the time was then suspended for the first two games of the 2006 World Cup . The Mexicans took over the game and Jared Borgetti headed a cross from Perez past Oliver Kahn into the goal. Ironically, Robert Huth , who was heavily criticized after defensive mistakes in the opening game, achieved the renewed leadership of the Germans. He shot a corner from Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 79th minute from about nine meters into the goal. For a long time it was noticed that Germany had one player less on the field and the sixth in the FIFA world rankings , Mexico, gained advantages. The result was the 3: 3 in the 85th minute by Borgetti , who scored his second goal in the game and his third tournament goal overall - there was now overtime .
Michael Ballack circled a direct free kick over the wall six minutes after the extension whistle to make it 4: 3. The now feeble Mexicans achieved little until shortly before the end of the game when Luiz Perez just shot past the left post from close range. The leadership of the Germans lasted until the final whistle.
Even if the Mexicans 'equalizer again revealed the Germans' defensive weaknesses, coach Jürgen Klinsmann's team showed enthusiastic offensive football over long stretches. With their heads held high again, the Germans were able to finish the tournament in third place behind the tournament favorites Brazil and Argentina.
final
Brazil - Argentina 4: 1 (2: 0)
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Dida - Cicinho (86th Maicon ), Roque Júnior , Lúcio , Gilberto - Kaká (86th Renato ), Emerson , Zé Roberto , Ronaldinho - Adriano , Robinho (90th Juninho ) Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira |
Germán Lux - Javier Zanetti , Fabricio Coloccini , Gabriel Heinze , Diego Placente - Esteban Cambiasso (56th Pablo Aimar ), Lucas Bernardi - César Delgado (81st Luciano Galletti ), Juan Román Riquelme , Juan Pablo Sorín - Luciano Figueroa (72nd Carlos Tévez ) Coach: José Pekerman |
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1-0 Adriano (11th) 2-0 Kaka (16th) 3-0 Ronaldinho (47th) 4-0 Adriano (63rd)
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4: 1 Aimar (65th)
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Ronaldinho (28.)
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Coloccini (28th), Sorín (35th), Cambiasso (42nd), Aimar (73th)
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Match report
The final of the Confederations Cup 2005 between Brazil and Argentina was about a lot: Not only about winning the Mini World Cup, but above all about prestige in this South American duel between arch-rivals, as well as for the record world champion Brazil about getting revenge for the 1st place : To take 3 in the World Cup qualification against the neighboring country three weeks earlier.
Brazil had the better start and Brazilian striker Adriano , who earned the title “World Class” in this game, sank a pass from Cicinho into the goal. And the Brazilians added just a few minutes through Kaká with a remarkable goal to make it 2-0 (15th minute). Even though Argentina had a few shooting opportunities before half-time, Brazil managed the overall lead successfully.
Just a few minutes after the break, FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho volleyed into the goal after an assist by Cicinho (47th minute).
There were many chances on both sides now. Robinho hit the crossbar and Luciano Figueroa almost headed an own goal. José Pekerman's Argentine team got better into the game, but tournament striker Adriano hit the other side after a Cicinho cross with his head to make it 4-0.
Further chances from Adriano, Lúcio and Renato after wonderful preparatory work by Ronaldinho remained unused. The 4: 1 final score in an interesting soccer game by Pablo César Aimar was only cosmetic result. The winner of the Confederations Cup was fully deserved by the Brazilian national football team headed by coach Carlos Parreira .
A leak in the roof of the Frankfurt stadium caused a stir, through which the heavy rain flowed in a thick stream onto the field near the corner flag. At times the beam was so strong that the players had to play around it.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cold shower from the water bulge. FAZ , July 1, 2005, accessed on July 7, 2015 .
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