World Cup Review

Day 1
(June 9th)

Germany vs Costa Rica

The 18th wolrd cup of soccer began to today in Muncih for the 1st of 64 games that will Berlin on July 9th with the world cup will be awrad to the king of soccer in the world a sold out crowd of 64,950 got to see the home contry Germany start ther defense of the cup they won in 2002 in Korea, There 1st team they face the south america contry of Costa Rica.

Germany was not with there star and leader Michael Ballack who is injery and hoping his teammate would pick up th slack and it look like they did inj the frist 6 minteus of the Match Phillipp Lahm bent the shot for the left side of the net to score the 1st goal of the torny to gave a gremany a 1-0 lead.

But it was not long as the traper stike back as Paulo Wanchpe broke away and past a greman goalkeeper Jans Lehmanns to even up 1 all, The Greman were all over the Ticos shot 14 shot on goal to the Costa Rica Goal, that prove luckey as Miroslav Klose scored the second goal of the game to give Greaman a 2-1 lead in the 17 minteus as they go to half time.

The Ticos have some chance to score but they colud not past goal, but the Germany socre agian with a close range shot by Klose agian for his second goal of the game to give a 3-1 lead.

Costa Rica got one back in the middle of the 2nd half with a second goal from Wanchope to make it instering agian at 3-2 but they could not pull the equaliser as the Greman D came up to play and shut down the Ticos fire power keep the lead 3-2 and then Torsten Frings wrap it up with a wicked Screamm from 30-yards to put the german up 4-2 and get the 1st three points fo the tourny.

And it was also a record breaker of sort six goals is the Most scored in a opend game since since 1962 when there Chile beat Switzerland 3-1, and good for Miroslav Klose who was name man of the Match with his two goals on his 28 birthday what a nice present.

Poland vs Ecuador

Today other match in Group A is a match up between Poland vs Ecuador, The Game play at Gelsenkirchen in near the border of Netherland both teams are longshot to win the cup but the odds makers give Poland a sight faveor to get to the KO stage.

Both teams was a little on edge a the match began But Ecuador sored 1st in the 24th mintues when Agustin Delgado header gave the lead 1-0 at half time

the poles tried to get it going but could not find the tied that gave Agustin Delgato to sorced a goal in the 2nd half to put the Ecuador to a 2-0 lead and the game

Standing after Match No.1

Germany 3pts.=+2 GD
Ecuador 3pts.=+2 GD
Costa Rica no pts.=-2 GD
Poland no pts.=-2 GD

Next Match in Group A
Jun 14 Germany v Poland
Jun 15 Ecuador v Costa Rica

Tomorrow
Group B start up
Jun 10 09:00 AM England v Paraguay
Jun 10 12:00 ET Trinidad & Tobago v Sweden
And Group C begin partly begin
Jun 10 3:00 PM Argentina v Ivory Coast