Football World Cup 2006 / Group E.

Results of Group E of the Football World Cup 2006 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Ghana	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	03
4th	United States	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

USA - Czech Republic 0: 3 (0: 2)

United States		Czech Republic		Lineup
	Monday, June 12, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen ( Veltins-Arena ) Spectators: 48,426 (sold out) (press information) ; 52,000 (sold out) (FIFA data) Referee: Carlos Amarilla ( Paraguay )   Match report
	Kasey Keller - Steven Cherundolo (46th John O'Brien ), Eddie Pope , Oguchi Onyewu , Eddie Lewis - Pablo Mastroeni (46th Eddie Johnson ), Claudio Reyna - DaMarcus Beasley , Landon Donovan , Bobby Convey - Brian McBride (77th Josh Wolff ) Trainer: Bruce Arena	Petr Čech - Zdenek Grygera , David Rozehnal , Tomáš Ujfaluši , Marek Jankulovski - Tomáš Galásek , Tomas Rosicky (86th Jiří Štajner ), Pavel Nedvěd , Karel Poborský (82 January Polák ), Jaroslav Plašil - Jan Koller (45. Vratislav Lokvenc ) Trainer: Karel Brückner
		0: 1 Koller (5th) 0: 2 Rosický (36th) 0: 3 Rosický (76th)
	Onyewu (5th), Reyna (60th)	Rozehnal (16th), Lokvenc (59th), Rosický (81st), Grygera (88th)
	Player of the Match: Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic)

Italy - Ghana 2: 0 (1: 0)

Italy		Ghana		Lineup
	Monday, June 12, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Hanover ( AWD-Arena ) Spectators: 43,000 (sold out) Referee: Carlos Simon ( Brazil )   Match report
	Gianluigi Buffon - Cristian Zaccardo , Alessandro Nesta , Fabio Cannavaro , Fabio Grosso - Simone Perrotta , Andrea Pirlo , Daniele De Rossi - Francesco Totti (56th Mauro Camoranesi ) - Luca Toni (82nd Alessandro Del Piero ), Alberto Gilardino (64th Vincenzo Iaquinta ) Trainer: Marcello Lippi	Richard Kingson - John Paintsil , Samuel Kuffour , John Mensah , Emmanuel Pappoe (46th Illiasu Shilla ) - Sulley Muntari , Michael Essien , Stephen Appiah , Eric Addo - Asamoah Gyan (89th Alexander Tachie-Mensah ), Matthew Amoah (68th Razak Pimpong ) Coach: Ratomir Dujković ( Serbia )
	1-0 Pirlo (40th) 2-0 Iaquinta (83rd)
	De Rossi (10th), Camoranesi (62nd), Iaquinta (87th)	Muntari (41.), Gyan (65.)
		for Ghana it was the first appearance at a world championship
	Player of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Czech Republic - Ghana 0: 2 (0: 1)

Czech Republic		Ghana		Lineup
	Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in Cologne ( Rheinenergiestadion ) Spectators: 45,000 (sold out) Referee: Horacio Marcelo Elizondo ( Argentina )   Match report
	Petr Čech - Zdenek Grygera , David Rozehnal , Tomáš Ujfaluši , Marek Jankulovski - Tomáš Galásek (46th January Polák ) - Karel Poborský (55. Jiří Štajner ), Tomas Rosicky , Pavel Nedvěd , Jaroslav Plašil (68. Libor Sionko ) - Vratislav Lokvenc Trainer: Karel Brückner	Richard Kingson - John Paintsil , John Mensah , Habib Mohamed , Illiasu Shilla - Otto Addo (46th Derek Boateng ), Stephen Appiah , Michael Essien , Sulley Muntari - Matthew Amoah (80th Eric Addo ), Asamoah Gyan (86th Razak Pimpong ) Coach: Ratomir Dujković ( Serbia )
		0: 1 Gyan (2nd) 0: 2 Muntari (82.)
	Lokvenc (49.)	O. Addo (18th), Essien (37th), Gyan (66th), Boateng (75th), Muntari (84th), Mohamed (90th + 3 ')
	Ujfaluši (65th, emergency brake)
		Gyan hits the post for a foul penalty (67.)
	Player of the Match: Michael Essien (Ghana)

Particularities:

• Gyan scores the fastest goal of this World Cup after 67 seconds. It was also the first in Ghana's World Cup history
• Ghana won the first ever victory for an African team at the 2006 World Cup

Italy - USA 1: 1 (1: 1)

Italy		United States		Lineup
	Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Kaiserslautern ( Fritz-Walter-Stadion ) Spectators: 46,000 (sold out) Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay )   Match report
	Gianluigi Buffon - Cristian Zaccardo (54th Alessandro Del Piero ), Alessandro Nesta , Fabio Cannavaro , Gianluca Zambrotta - Simone Perrotta , Andrea Pirlo , Daniele De Rossi - Francesco Totti (35th Gennaro Gattuso ) - Alberto Gilardino , Luca Toni (61st Vincenzo Iaquinta ) Trainer: Marcello Lippi	Kasey Keller - Steven Cherundolo , Eddie Pope , Oguchi Onyewu , Carlos Bocanegra - Pablo Mastroeni , Claudio Reyna - Clint Dempsey (62nd DaMarcus Beasley ) - Bobby Convey (52nd Jimmy Conrad ), Landon Donovan , Brian McBride Trainer: Bruce Arena
	1: 0 Gilardino (22.)	1: 1 Zaccardo (27th, own goal)
	Totti (5th), Zambrotta (70th)	Pope (21.)
		Pope (47th, repeated foul play)
	De Rossi (28th, assault)	Mastroeni (45th, gross foul play)
	Player of the Match: Kasey Keller (USA)

Particularities:

• Before the game there was a minute's silence for Fritz Walter, who died on June 17, 2002
• three dismissals in one game set the World Cup record; this was the case before at the World Championships in 1938 , 1954 and 1998

Czech Republic - Italy 0: 2 (0: 1)

Czech Republic		Italy		Lineup
	Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. in Hamburg ( Volksparkstadion ) Spectators: 50,000 (sold out) Referee: Benito Archundia ( Mexico )   Match report
	Petr Čech - Zdeněk Grygera , David Rozehnal , Radoslav Kováč (78th Marek Heinz ), Marek Jankulovski - Jan Polák - Karel Poborský (46th Jiří Štajner ), Tomáš Rosický , Pavel Nedvěd , Jaroslav Jarolím - Milan Baroš (64th David Jarolím ) Trainer: Karel Brückner	Gianluigi Buffon - Gianluca Zambrotta , Alessandro Nesta (17th Marco Materazzi ), Fabio Cannavaro , Fabio Grosso - Gennaro Gattuso , Simone Perrotta , Andrea Pirlo , Mauro Camoranesi (74th Simone Barone ) - Francesco Totti , Alberto Gilardino (60th Filippo Inzaghi ) Coach: Marcello Lippi
		0: 1 Materazzi (26th) 0: 2 Inzaghi (87th)
	Polák (35.)	Gattuso (31.)
	Polák (45th + 2 ', repeated foul play)
	Player of the Match: Marco Materazzi (Italy)

Ghana - USA 2: 1 (2: 1)

Ghana		United States		Lineup
	Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 4 p.m. in Nuremberg ( Frankenstadion ) Spectators: 41,000 (sold out) Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany )   Match report
	Richard Kingson - John Paintsil , John Mensah , Illiasu Shilla , Habib Mohamed - Derek Boateng (46th Otto Addo ), Michael Essien , Stephen Appiah , Haminu Dramani (80th Alexander Tachie-Mensah ) - Matthew Amoah (59th Eric Addo ), Razak Pimpong Coach: Ratomir Dujković ( Serbia )	Kasey Keller - Steven Cherundolo (61st Eddie Johnson ), Oguchi Onyewu , Jimmy Conrad , Carlos Bocanegra - Claudio Reyna (40th Olsen ) - Clint Dempsey , Landon Donovan , DaMarcus Beasley , Eddie Lewis (74th Bobby Convey ) - Brian McBride trainers : Bruce Arena
	1: 0 Dramani (23rd) 2: 1 Appiah (45th + 2 ', penalty kick)	1: 1 Dempsey (44th)
	Essien (5th), Illiasu (32nd), Mensah (81st), Appiah (90th + 1 ')	Lewis (7.)
	Player of the Match: Stephen Appiah (Ghana)