Germany - Japan (0:0)



Match Number:	772
Date:		30 May 2006
Location:	Leverkusen
Competition:	

GERMANY:
Lehmann
B. Schneider, Mertesacker, Metzelder (55. Nowotny), Jansen
Ballack, Frings, Borowski (63. Odonkor), Schweinsteiger
Klose, Podolski (70. Neuville)

JAPAN:
Kawaguchi
Tsuboi, Miyamoto, Nakazawa
Kaji (39. Komano), Fukunishi, Hidetoshi Nakata, Santos, Nakamura
Yanagisawa (80. Tamada), Takahara (78. Oguro)

Attendance: 22,500 (sold out)

Scoring:
0:1 Takahara (57.)
0:2 Takahara (65.)
1:2 Klose (76.)
2:2 Schweinsteiger (80.)

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Yellow cards: Borowski, Ballack, Odonkor, Schweinsteiger - Yanagisawa
A crap result and only a late comeback avoided an embarassing defeat. Bundesliga legionary Naohiro Takahara (HSV) almost sunk the ship.
Abseits Guide to German Soccer