2002 FIFA World Cup (tm) Finals - Results & Fixtures - Cameroon vs Germany

11 Jun 2002


Cameroon	0 - 2	Germany
	(HT: 0 - 0)

Game Details
Venue Shizuoka Stadium EKOPA	Attendance 47085
Referee Antonio Lopez Nieto (ESP) Assistant Referees Mohamed Saeed (MDV) Jorge Oliveira (BRA)

Game Events
#	Date	Player	Event	Period	Mins	H/A
1	11 Jun 2002	Marc-Vivien Foe	Yellow Card	First Half	8	H
2	11 Jun 2002	Carsten Jancker	Yellow Card	First Half	9	A
3	11 Jun 2002	Dietmar Hamann	Yellow Card	First Half	29	A
4	11 Jun 2002	Michael Ballack	Yellow Card	First Half	31	A
5	11 Jun 2002	Carsten Ramelow	Yellow Card	First Half	37	A
6	11 Jun 2002	Carsten Ramelow	2nd Yellow Card	First Half	40	A
7	11 Jun 2002	Oliver Kahn	Yellow Card	First Half	42	A
8	11 Jun 2002	Rigobert Song	Yellow Card	First Half	42	H
9	11 Jun 2002	Bill Tchato	Yellow Card	First Half	44	H
10	11 Jun 2002	Carsten Jancker	Player Out	Second Half	1	A
11	11 Jun 2002	Marco Bode	Substitute In	Second Half	1	A
12	11 Jun 2002	Marco Bode	Goal	Second Half	5	A
13	11 Jun 2002	Bill Tchato	Player Out	Second Half	8	H
14	11 Jun 2002	Patrick Suffo	Substitute In	Second Half	8	H
15	11 Jun 2002	Geremi Njitap	Yellow Card	Second Half	11	H
16	11 Jun 2002	Salomon Olembe	Yellow Card	Second Half	13	H
17	11 Jun 2002	Patrick Suffo	Yellow Card	Second Half	15	H
18	11 Jun 2002	Salomon Olembe	Player Out	Second Half	19	H
19	11 Jun 2002	Daniel Ngom Kome	Substitute In	Second Half	19	H
20	11 Jun 2002	Christian Ziege	Yellow Card	Second Half	27	A
21	11 Jun 2002	Torsten Frings	Yellow Card	Second Half	29	A
22	11 Jun 2002	Patrick Suffo	2nd Yellow Card	Second Half	32	H
23	11 Jun 2002	Miroslav Klose	Goal	Second Half	34	A
24	11 Jun 2002	Patrick Mboma	Player Out	Second Half	35	H
25	11 Jun 2002	Joseph-Desire Job	Substitute In	Second Half	35	H
26	11 Jun 2002	Bernd Schneider	Player Out	Second Half	35	A
27	11 Jun 2002	Jens Jeremies	Substitute In	Second Half	35	A
28	11 Jun 2002	Lauren Etame-Mayer	Yellow Card	Second Half	36	H
29	11 Jun 2002	Miroslav Klose	Player Out	Second Half	39	A
30	11 Jun 2002	Oliver Neuville	Substitute In	Second Half	39	A

Match report

A clinical finish from Marco Bode and an inevitable header from Miroslav Klose gave Germany a 2-0 win over Cameroon to send the three-time champions through to the second phase of the World Cup. But the Group E match very nearly descended into farce as an ill-tempered encounter saw both sides finish up with ten men as the Germans had Carsten Ramelow sent off in the first half while Cameroon's Patrick Suffo went for an early bath in the second. Cameroon had been chasing an historic win which would have seen Africa have a second representative in the last 16 for the first time, Senegal having marched on after an earlier draw in Group A with Uruguay. But despite the ill-discipline on both sides the Germans kept their heads enough to avoid crashing out in the first phase for the first time since 1938. Klose's fifth goal of the tournament sent him back to the top of the goalscoring charts ahead of Denmark's Jon Dahl Tomasson - and also ensured Germany won their group. A greasy pitch after heavy afternoon rain made the conditions far from perfect - but that was no excuse for the welter of red and yellow cards dished out by Spanish referee referee Antonio Lopez. Ramelow was dismissed five minutes before the interval for pulling down Samuel Eto'o just two minutes after receiving a first yellow card, while Suffo went 13 minutes from time for tripping an opponent. The slippery pitch was no excuse for Klose earlier treading all over Cameroon defender Rigobert Song, which left the latter with a bloody nose. But the class moments came from the Germans as well. Klose turned provider on 50 minutes, playing a pinpoint through ball to Bode, on at half-time for the lumbering Carsten Jancker, and he slid the ball low past keeper Boukar Alioum and inside the far post. Cameroon's German coach Winfried Schafer reacted by sending on Daniel Ngom Kome for Salomon Olembe - but to no avail as Klose nodded in from a Michael Ballack cross with 11 minutes remaining. His other four goals at the event were likewise headers. Lauren had hit the woodwork in the 73rd minute for the African and Olympic champions but they showed little imagination up front. Ballack should have made it 3-0 in the closing stages but sent a header straight at Alioum. German midfielders Dietmar Hamann, Christian Ziege and also Ramelow will all be suspended for their second-round match.

(courtesy of dailysoccer)




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