can costa rica shake up germany in the opener in what is absolutely the easiest draw?
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Against European opposition, Costa Rica has a 2-2 record. They beat Scotland and Sweden, and lost to Turkey and Czech. On the other hand, Germany is perfect against North and Central American opposition beating Mexico 3 times, and the US twice. So basically, Costa Rica is more likely to cause an upset by a draw. A win seems very difficult.
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The first game will be Germany vs Costa Rica, and the game will take place after the opening ceremony, so yes be ready to see a phenomenal show!!!
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Germany vs. Costa Rica\nFriday - 09/06/2006\nMunich\n18:00
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4-4-2 ..strong attacking midfield as klinsmann was a striker himself and 4-3-3 against lesser teams in the first round like costa rica
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They Play Costa Rica at Munich on June 9th
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Costa 3 v 2 Germany(~~)
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Germany!!! if they can pass the first round
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Philipp Lahm 6' - Gemany-Costa Rica 4-2\n\nWowww willow: editing your initial answer (you said Klose) it is not the most "honest" thing you have done today!!!!
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Germany hasn't qualified for the second round yet.  They can still get knocked out if Costa Rica beats Ecuador, Costa Rica beats Poland, and Ecuador beats Germany such that the goal differential of Costa Rica and Ecuador is better than that of the Germans.\n\nHaving said that, Costa Rica has to win tomorrow or at least draw, otherwise they're out.  They would then have to get to at least 4 by either beating or tying Poland and have Ecuador lose to Germany.
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Hmm... everyone is saying that but hey i think we r going to c a repeat of 4 years ago im talking brazil and germany\n\nreason brazil got an even stronger team then they did 4 years ago rhonilidino gotten stronger still got ronaldo and cafu and now kaka \n\ngermany got the home advantage and got an easy stage beating costa rica their only real threat in the group\n\nthe only spoiler that also has a chance are those chekz brilliant team with roskinzy and nedved  and unlike england they play as a team and can put the ball in the back of the net
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which one are you talking about, from the opening day?\n\nGERMANY 4-2 COSTA RICA\nPOLAND 0-2 ECUADOR\nENGLAND 1-0 PARAGUAY\nTRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0-0 SWEDEN\nARGENTINA 2-1 COTE D'IVOIRE\nSERBIA & MONTENEGRO 0-1 NETHERLANDS\nMEXICO 3-1 IRAN\nANGOLA 0-1 PORTUGAL\nITALY 2-0 GHANA\nUNITED STATES 0-3 CZECH REPUBLIC\nBRAZIL 1-0 CROATIA\nAUSTRALIA 3-1 JAPAN\nKOREA REPUBLIC 2-1 TOGO\nFRANCE 0-0 SWITZERLAND\nSPAIN 4-0 UKRAINE\nTUNISIA 2-2 SAUDI ARABIA\nGERMANY 1-0 POLAND\nECUADOR 3-0 COSTA RICA\nENGLAND 2-0 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO\nSWEDEN 1-0 PARAGUAY\nARGENTINA 6-0 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO\nNETHERLANDS 2-1 COTE D'IVOIRE\nMEXICO 0-0 ANGOLA\nPORTUGAL 2-0 IRAN\nITALY 1-1 UNITED STATES\nCZECH REPUBLIC 0-2 GHANA\nBRAZIL 2-0 AUSTRALIA\nJAPAN 0-0 CROATIA\nFRANCE 1-1 KOREA REPUBLIC\nTOGO 0-2 SWITZERLAND\nSPAIN 3-1 TUNISIA\nSAUDI ARABIA 0-4 UKRAINE\nECUADOR 0-3 GERMANY\nCOSTA RICA 1-2 POLAND\nSWEDEN 2-2 ENGLAND\nPARAGUAY 2-0 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO\nNETHERLANDS 0-0 ARGENTINA\nCOTE D'IVOIRE 3-2 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO\nPORTUGAL 2-1 MEXICO\nIRAN 1-1 ANGOLA\nCZECH REPUBLIC 0-2 ITALY\nGHANA 2-1 UNITED STATES\nJAPAN 1-4 BRAZIL\nCROATIA 2-2 AUSTRALIA\nSAUDI ARABIA v SPAIN\nUKRAINE v TUNISIA\nTOGO v FRANCE\nSWITZERLAND v KOREA REPUBLIC\n\nso far these are the 2nd round match-ups:\n\nGERMANY v SWEDEN\nARGENTINA v MEXICO\nENGLAND v ECUADOR\nPORTUGAL v NETHERLANDS\nITALY v AUSTRALIA\nBRAZIL v GHANA
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Costa rica will win , score 2-1
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Get this\n\nFIFAWorld Ranking\n\nCzech Republic: 2\nUSA: 4\n\nIt could be a draw. Or maybe the Americans can suprise the Czechs. Expect lots of fouls and cards. It's gonna be a tough match in the group of death (why do they say ivory coast's group as group of death?)
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No. I feel that the Germen defenders are slow and the Argentine attackers will exploit them. They may have home field advantage but that won't help. They lose 2-0.
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All the way, unless we have to play Argentina in the next phase. As for Holland, we won against them before and we sure can do it again easily
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germany win outright\n\nengland and portugal to draw at full time. go to penalty\n\nbrazil win outright
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Ghana in too tough a group even if they somehow get out of the group they will probably face Brazil so Quarters are a stretch for them.\n\nIvory Coast almost as tough a group but if they get out they may have a chance against Mexico or Portugal.\n\nTunisia not an easy group but easier than the above. Will have a chance against any of the group G teams that advance.\n\nTogo easier group than the above though Spain, Ukraine or Tunisia will be tough in round 2.  But they don't have the tallent of the above teams.\n\nAngola in an easier group than the top three but I don't think they have the talent to get out of it.  So they would be your filling out the numbers team.\n\nBest chance for an African nation is if Ivory Coast comes in second in that tough group. If that happens the next matches could be Mexico and England(with an recoverying Rooney) before meeting Brazil in the semis.