Germany v Paraguay

Saturday 15th June 2002 7.30 BST, Seogwipo



Germany 1 Paraguay 0
Neuville 88

Cruz/Frings

I heard the words, "........ The Positioning Of Frings ........" and thought what a wonderful title that would make for a book or film. That's about as exciting as this got. The other highlights were: Cruz went off injured; one of the Paraguays was sent off late on and Orville scored in the last couple minutes. Seemed as though Paraguay were going for "golden goal", but it didn't quite materialise. Dreadful stuff. And there was no crowd!

They haven't improved a jot, and yet Germany march into the quarter-finals, where they will meet either Mexico or the USA!!

Teams

Germany: Oliver Kahn; Torsten Frings, Thomas Linke, Marko Rehmer, Christoph Metzelder; Bernd Schneider, Jens Jeremies, Michael Ballack, Marco Bode; Miroslav Klose, Oliver Neuville.

Paraguay: Jose Luis Chilavert; Franciso Arce, Carlos Gamarra, Celso Ayala, Julio Cesar Caceres, Denis Caniza; Carlos Bonet, Roberto Acuna, Estanislao Struway; Jose Cardozo, Roque Santa Cruz.

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala).




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