Ecuador is in the final 16… great performance by Ecuador.
The player that scored, Ivan Kaviedes, his 14th goal for Ecuador.

Carlos Tenorio puts in the net a cross from De La Cruz. So, in minute 7, Carlos Tenorio puts Ecuador in the lead and, if the result remains the same, out of the groups.

Wanchope’s fellow striker, Paulo Gomez, talks about the chances they might still have.
FIFAworldcup.com: Ronald, Costa Rica created several chances against Germany, and until late on you were only a goal down. How did you feel after the game?
Ronald Gomez: Obviously, we were very disappointed. We know we played well against Germany and that we […]

Fans respond to a poll and say that opening game between Germay and Costa Rica (4-2 final score) was the most beautiful of the World Cup so far.

After the first two days of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™, FIFAworldcup.com asked its users: “What’s been the most exciting game so far?” The clear winner was the […]

Football brings all together: models (Claudia Schiffer) and presidents alike. Costa Rica’s president, Oscar Arias Sanchez answered some questions for Fifaworldcup.com

FIFAworldcup.com: How would you describe Costa Rica’s performance in the opening game of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™?
Oscar Arias: I think Costa Rica did well, particularly in view of the high quality of […]

Here are some quotes from players and coaches, right after the match:

Jurgen KLINSMANN (GER)
We’re just delighted we’ve picked up our first three points. It was a tremendous game, given that it was the opening match at the World Cup. Obviously we were going to see some nerves. We agreed we’d try and avoid yellow cards, […]

Here it is, from the official site of the World Cup a minute by minute run of the game:

3′: Germany’s Torsten Frings fired the first shot at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a dipping effort which had Costa Rica goalkeeper Jose Porras well beaten, but the ball just cleared the crossbar and landed on the […]

This is bad news for the German fans. It seems that Costa Rica never lost their opening match in the World Cup. Combined with the fact that Germany doesn’t play their best football, this looks bad.

Costa Rica won both their opening matches at previous FIFA World Cup finals without conceding a goal. In 1990, […]

Germany’s too sure of their win, says Costa Rica’s coach, Alexandre Guimaraes.

The Brazilian-born Guimaraes, who played for the Ticos at the FIFA World Cup 1990 and coached them in Korea/Japan four years ago, said his side should not be viewed as whipping-boys.
“We have qualified for two straight World Cups. So taking that into account, […]

Ukraine crushed Costa Rica in a warm-up clash of two teams that are qualified for the World Cup.

The match finished 4-0, though Ukraine played without injured Andriy Shevchenko (who just have been transfered to Premiership’s Chelsea).
Despite the emphatic victory Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin was not totally pleased with his team’s performance.
“In a warm-up the […]