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Germany v Costa Rica, 09 June 2006

Score	4-2 to Germany
Referee	Horacio Marcelo Elizondo
Competition	FIFA World Cup Finals Group A
Venue	Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance	64,950

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Kick-Off: 18:00 Local (17:00 BST) Assistant referee: Darío García (Argentina) Rodolfo Otero (Argentina) Fourth official: Carlos Chandía (Chile) Fifth official: Cristian Julio (Chile) Man of the Match: Miroslav Klose (Germany) This became the highest-scoring opening game in the history of the World Cup. The previous best was the first-ever game in the competition when France beat Mexico 4-1 in Montevideo in 1930.

4 Germany

Manager: Jurgen Klinsmann

2 Costa Rica

Manager: Alexandre Guimaraes

Goals:

Philipp Lahm		6
Miroslav Klose		17
Miroslav Klose		61
Torsten Frings		87

Goals:

Paulo Wanchope		12
Paulo Wanchope		73

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann

Defender Arne Friedrich

Defender Philipp Lahm

Defender Per Mertesacker

Defender Christoph Metzelder

Midfielder Tim Borowski

Midfielder Torsten Frings

Midfielder Bernd Schneider (captain)

Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger

Forward Miroslav Klose

Forward Łukasz Podolski

Starting lineup:

José Porras Goalkeeper

Leonardo Gonzalez Defender

Gilberto Martinez Defender

Michael Umaña Defender

Luis Marin Defender/Centre back (captain)

Douglas Sequeira Defender/Midfielder

Walter Centeno Midfielder

Danny Fonseca Midfielder

Mauricio Solis Midfielder

Ronald Gomez Forward

Paulo Wanchope Forward

Substitutions:

Sebastian Kehl for Tim Borowski	72
Oliver Neuville for Miroslav Klose	79
David Odonkor for Bernd Schneider	90

Substitutions:

Jervis Drummond for Gilberto Martinez	67
Christian Bolaños for Mauricio Solis	78
Randall Azofeifa for Ronald Gomez	90

Cards:

Danny Fonseca

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand

Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn

Defender Robert Huth

Defender Marcell Jansen

Defender Jens Nowotny

Midfielder Michael Ballack

Midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger

Midfielder Sebastian Kehl

Forward Gerald Asamoah

Forward Mike Hanke

Forward Oliver Neuville

Forward David Odonkor

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wardy Alfaro

Goalkeeper Alvaro Mesen

Defender Gabriel Badilla

Defender Jervis Drummond

Defender Michael Rodriguez

Defender/Midfielder Harold Wallace

Midfielder Randall Azofeifa

Midfielder Kurt Bernard Simpson

Midfielder Christian Bolaños

Midfielder Carlos Hernández

Forward Victor Núñez

Forward Alvaro Saborío

Comments:

Germany continued the tradition of the host nation being unbeaten in their first game of the World Cup finals. Miroslav Klose scored a hat-trick in Germany's first game in the 2002 World Cup finals. Today was his 28th birthday. Germany have now won their first game in each of the last five World Cups. Philipp Lahm becomes the fourth German player to score the first goal of a World Cup finals tournament. The Bayern Munich full-back follows Josef Gauschel (1938), Paul Breitner (1974) and current Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann (1994).