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Germany 4 - 2 Costa Rica

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Hosts Germany opened the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals by defeating Group-A rivals Costa Rica in Munich on Friday, 9 June 2006.

Philipp Lahm scored the first goal around six minutes into the tournament with a beautifully-curled effort from the top left corner of the box. But Wanchope then silenced the crowd with an equaliser in the 12th minute by a through ball and the striker fired a low shot past Jens Lehmann to level the scores. Klose then scored their second lead of the match in the 17th minute from close range for Germany.

In 2^nd half Klose grabbed his second goal, before Wanchope netted his second of the game. But the goal of the match was still to come when Torsten Frings clinched the win in the 87th with a wicked 30-yard shot.

Ecuador stun Poland !!!

Same day in 2nd match Ecuador defeated Poland by 2-0.

Ecuador 2 - 0 Poland Goal Scorer:

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French striker Djibril Cisse was injured, while chasing the ball down the right flank and was knocked down by a chiniz defender in World Cup warm up match against China. France defeated china by 3-1. France coach Raymond Domenech said Cisse was in surgery at a Saint-Etienne hospital.

Cisse was France’s leading scorer in World Cup qualifying with four goals. May be French team will miss the presence of Cisse in coming World Cup’ 2006 matches.

At the end of each World Cup final tournament, 5 awards were presented to the players and teams for their achievements other than winning the tournament outright. And this year a new award has been introduced i.e. The Gillette Best Young Player Award.
1) The Golden Boot/Shoe - The Golden Boot (or Golden Shoe) is awarded to the top goalscorer of the World Cup final tournament. It was first awarded in 1930.

2) The Golden Ball Award is for the best player. It was first introduced in 1982. FIFA announces a shortlist of ten nominees, which is then voted by media representatives. The most voted player is elected to win the Golden Ball, the second most voted player wins the Silver Ball and the third most voted player wins the Bronze Ball.

3) The Yashin Award is for the best goalkeeper (first awarded in 1994). The award is named in honour of the late and legendary Russian goalkeeper, Lev Yashin.

4)The FIFA Fair Play Award is for the team with the best record of fair play (first awarded in 1978).

5)The Most Entertaining Team Award is for the team that has entertained the public the most during the World Cup final tournament, as determined by general public poll, (first awarded in 1994).

6) The Gillette Best Young Player Award, which will be awarded for the first time in 2006 to the best player under 21 years of age.

Colours : Black and white with gold trim. (Black and White colours represent Germany and Gold for Trophy.)
Weight : 420 - 445 gms.
Circumference : 69 - 69.25 cms.
Panels used : 14 (but in 2002 futball 32 panels had been used).