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Results of Group A of the Football World Cup 2006 :
Pl.
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country
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Sp.
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S.
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U
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Gates
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Diff.
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Points
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1.
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Germany Germany
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3
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3
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0
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0
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008: 200
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+6
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09
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2.
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Ecuador Ecuador
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3
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2
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0
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1
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005: 300
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+2
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06th
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3.
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Poland Poland
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3
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1
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0
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2
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002: 400
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−2
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03
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4th
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Costa Rica Costa Rica
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3
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0
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0
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3
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003: 900
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−6
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00
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Germany - Costa Rica 4: 2 (2: 1)
Germany
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Costa Rica
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Lineup
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Germany
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Costa Rica
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Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Per Mertesacker , Christoph Metzelder , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider (90th + 1 ' David Odonkor ), Torsten Frings , Tim Borowski (72nd Sebastian Kehl ), Bastian Schweinsteiger - Miroslav Klose (79th Oliver Neuville ) , Lukas Podolski Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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José Francisco Porras - Michael Umaña , Douglas Sequeira , Luis Marín - Gilberto Martínez (67th Jervis Drummond ), Mauricio Solís (78th Cristian Bolaños ) - Danny Fonseca - Leonardo González - Walter Centeno , Rónald Gómez (90th + 1 ' Randall Azofeifa ) - Paulo Wanchope Coach: Alexandre Guimarães(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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1: 0 Lahm (6th)
2: 1 Klose (17th)
3: 1 Klose (61st)
4: 2 Frings (87th)
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1: 1 wanchope (12th)
3: 2 wanchope (73rd)
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Fonseca (30.)
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Player of the Match: Miroslav Klose (Germany)
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Particularities:
- Before the kick-off, a minute's silence was observed in memory of the FIFA members who had died since the 2002 World Cup .
- It was the opening game with the highest number of goals since the 1934 World Cup : Italy - USA 7: 1 (3: 0).
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Philipp Lahm scored the first goal of the 2006 World Cup in his “home stadium”.
- It was the first international match between Germany and Costa Rica.
Poland - Ecuador 0: 2 (0: 1)
Poland
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Ecuador
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Lineup
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Poland
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Ecuador
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Boruc - Marcin Baszczyński , Mariusz Jop , Jacek Bąk , michał żewłakow - Arkadiusz Radomski , Radosław Sobolewski (69. ireneusz jeleń ), Jacek Krzynówek (78 Kamil Kosowski ), Miroslaw Szymkowiak , Euzebiusz Smolarek - Maciej Żurawski (84. PaweĹ Brożek ) Coach: Paweł Janas(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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Cristian Mora - Ulises de la Cruz , Iván Hurtado (70th Jorge Guagua ), Giovanny Espinoza , Neicer Reasco - Edison Méndez , Edwin Tenorio , Segundo Castillo , Antonio Valencia - Agustín Delgado (84th Patricio Urrutia ), Carlos Tenorio (66th Iván Kaviedes ) Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez ( Colombia )
(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png) Colombia |
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0: 1 C. Tenorio (24th)
0: 2 Delgado (80th)
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Smolarek (36th)
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Hurtado (30th), Méndez (70th)
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Player of the Match: Agustín Delgado (Ecuador)
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Germany - Poland 1: 0 (0: 0)
Germany
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Poland
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Lineup
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Germany
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Poland
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Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich (64th David Odonkor ), Per Mertesacker , Christoph Metzelder , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider , Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Bastian Schweinsteiger (77th Tim Borowski ) - Miroslav Klose , Lukas Podolski (71st Oliver Neuville ) Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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Boruc - Marcin Baszczyński , Jacek Bąk , michał żewłakow (83. Dariusz Dudka ), Bartosz Bosacki - Radosław Sobolewski , Arkadiusz Radomski - Jacek Krzynówek (77. Mariusz Lewandowski ), Euzebiusz Smolarek , ireneusz jeleń (90 + 1 ' PaweĹ Brożek ) - Maciej Żurawski Coach: Paweł Janas(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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1: 0 Neuville (90th + 1 ')
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Ballack (58.), Odonkor (67.), Metzelder (70.)
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Krzynówek (3rd), Sobolewski (28th) , Boruc (89th)
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Sobolewski (75th, repeated foul play)
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Player of the Match: Philipp Lahm (Germany)
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Ecuador - Costa Rica 3: 0 (1: 0)
Ecuador
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Costa Rica
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Lineup
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Ecuador
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Costa Rica
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Cristian Mora - Ulises de la Cruz , Iván Hurtado , Giovanny Espinoza (69th Jorge Guagua ), Neicer Reasco - Edison Méndez , Edwin Tenorio , Segundo Castillo , Antonio Valencia (73rd Patricio Urrutia ) - Agustín Delgado , Carlos Tenorio (46th Iván Kaviedes ) Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez ( Colombia )
(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png) Colombia |
José Francisco Porras - Michael Umaña , Douglas Sequeira , Luis Marín - Harold Wallace , Mauricio Solís , Danny Fonseca (29th Álvaro Saborío ), Leonardo González (56th Carlos Hernández Valverde ) - Walter Centeno (84th Kurt Bernard ), Rónald Gómez - Paulo Wanchope Coach: Alexandre Guimarães(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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1-0 C. Tenorio (8th)
2-0 Delgado (54th)
3-0 Kaviedes (90th + 2 ')
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Castillo (44th), de la Cruz (54th), Mora (60th)
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Marín (10th), Solís (28th)
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Player of the Match: Agustín Delgado (Ecuador)
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Ecuador - Germany 0: 3 (0: 2)
Ecuador
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Germany
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Lineup
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Ecuador
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Germany
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Cristian Mora - Ulises de la Cruz , Paul Ambrossi , Jorge Guagua , Giovanny Espinoza - Edwin Tenorio , Marlon Ayoví (68th Patricio Urrutia ), Antonio Valencia (63rd Christian Lara ), Edison Méndez - Iván Kaviedes , Félix Borja (46th Cristian Benítez ) Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez ( Colombia )
(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png) Colombia |
Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Per Mertesacker , Robert Huth , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider (73rd Gerald Asamoah ), Torsten Frings (66th Tim Borowski ), Michael Ballack , Bastian Schweinsteiger - Miroslav Klose (66th Oliver Neuville ), Lukas Podolski Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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0: 1 Klose (4th)
0: 2 Klose (44th)
0: 3 Podolski (57th)
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Valencia (52.)
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Borowski (75.)
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Player of the Match: Michael Ballack (Germany)
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Particularities:
- It was the first international match between Ecuador and Germany.
- The fastest German World Cup goal since 1978 was scored.
Costa Rica - Poland 1: 2 (1: 1)
Costa Rica
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Poland
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Lineup
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Costa Rica
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Poland
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José Francisco Porras - Michael Umaña , Luis Marín , Gabriel Badilla - Mauricio Solís , Jervis Drummond (70th Harold Wallace ), Leonardo González - Cristian Bolaños (78th Álvaro Saborío ), Walter Centeno - Ronald Gómez (82nd Carlos Hernández Valverde ), Paulo Wanchope Coach: Alexandre Guimarães(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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Boruc - Marcin Baszczyński , Bartosz Bosacki , Jacek Bąk , michał żewłakow - Arkadiusz Radomski (64. Mariusz Lewandowski ), Miroslaw Szymkowiak , Jacek Krzynówek , ireneusz jeleń - Euzebiusz Smolarek (85. Grzegorz Rasiak ), Maciej Żurawski (46. PaweĹ Brożek ) Coach: Paweł Janas(C)![Captain of the crew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captain_sports.svg/12px-Captain_sports.svg.png)
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1-0 Gomez (25th)
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1: 1 Bosacki (33rd)
1: 2 Bosacki (66th)
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Umaña (17th), Marín (45th + 2 '), Gómez (45th + 2'), Badilla (56th), González (76th)
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Radomski (18th), Bąk (24th), Żewłakow (29th), Baszczyński (60th), Boruc (90th + 1 ')
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Player of the Match: Bartosz Bosacki (Poland)
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