Ecuador v Germany | Costa Rica v Poland - match thread

[Benitez]

GROUP A

Ecuador v Germany

Berlin, 1500

 

Costa Rica v Poland

Hanover, 1500

[Benitez]

Ecuador:

Mora, De la Cruz, Espinoza, Ambrossi, Guagua, Valencia, Edwin Tenorio, Ayovi, Mendez, Borja, Kaviedes.

 

Subs: Benitez, Castillo, Delgado, Hurtado, Lanza, Lara, Perlaza, Reasco, Saritama, Carlos Tenorio, Urrutia, Villafuerte.

 

Germany:

Lehmann, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Huth, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Frings, Ballack, Schneider, Klose, Podolski.

 

Subs: Asamoah, Borowski, Hanke, Hildebrand, Hitzlsperger, Jansen, Kahn, Kehl, Metzelder, Neuville, Nowotny, Odonkor.

 

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

 

 

 

Costa Rica:

Porras, Drummond, Gonzalez, Umana, Marin, Bolanos, Solis, Centeno, Badilla, Wanchope, Gomez.

 

Subs: Mesen, Fonseca, Bernard, Azofeifa, Wallace, Hernandez, Saborio, Sequeira, Nunez, Rodriguez, Alfaro, Martinez.

 

Poland:

Boruc, Baszczynski, Bak, Bosacki, Zewlakow, Krzynowek, Szymkowiak, Smolarek, Radomski, Jelen, Zurawski.

 

Subs: Jop, Gancarczyk, Kosowski, Rasiak, Kuszczak, Mila, Dudka, Lewandowski, Giza, Fabianski, Brozek.

 

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

[stressederic]

Come on Equador!

[Gilps]

Weakened team from Ecuador suggests they're not overly bothered about winning the group.

[Des]

Weakened team from Ecuador suggests they're not overly bothered about winning the group.

 

They obviously fancy themselves to do England then.

[BDB]

1-0...

 

Klose

[Coyler]

Do you reckon Rafa's looking at the match going, I hope that keeper gets injured and Benítez has to come on?

[Gilps]

Can anybody watching confirm whether Huth is playig at centre half, or up fron alongside Klose?

[Bailo]

Can anybody watching confirm whether Huth is playig at centre half, or up fron alongside Klose?

As Klinsmann is no tactical mastermind, he's playing him at centreback, the crazy diving fruitloop.

[BDB]

It's 1-1 in the CR-Pol match

[stressederic]

2-0 Klose again.

 

And I'm suddenly remembering I forgot to set him as my Captain in my fantasy team.

[owenthomas]

Klose scores his 2nd to make it 2-0 to Germany.. Klose's movement reminds me of Fowler.. not seen much of him really - how good is he? age? etc.....

[BDB]

I too forgot to make him captain today. I remembered after 2mins played

[Bootle Buck]

Klose scores his 2nd to make it 2-0 to Germany.. Klose's movement reminds me of Fowler.. not seen much of him really - how good is he? age? etc.....

 

 

I'm surprised he hasn't been snapped up by a bigger club. He certainly can score goals and is good in the air for his size.

[ifanew]

he could well be a good bet for the Golden Boot, he came Klose last time in Japan when he got 5.

 

I'll get my coat!

[Gilps]

3-0 now, Podolski with the goal

[Guest Red Mist]

Maybe Germany aren't as rubbish as first hoped.

[Gilps]

Maybe Germany aren't as rubbish as first hoped.

 

Maybe Ecuador aren't as good as the Poland and Costa Rica games suggested.

[Des]

Maybe Ecuador aren't as good as the Poland and Costa Rica games suggested.

 

The truth is somewhere in between.

[Gilps]

Germany are 3-0 up, there's 15 minutes left, they use all 3 subs and for some reason Ballack is still on the pitch. I won't laugh if he picks up a second yellow. Honest.

[Cobs]

Equador have rested 5 or 6 1st teamers today apparently

[owenthomas]

I'm surprised he hasn't been snapped up by a bigger club. He certainly can score goals and is good in the air for his size.

who does he play for? how old is he?

[Guest Cally77]

If England can't beat either of these teams they're in serious trouble...

[Cobs]

If England can't beat either of these teams they're in serious trouble...

no schit sherlock, if they can't beat either of them they're out

[Gilps]

who does he play for? how old is he?

 

He's just turned 28 and he plays for Werden Bremen.