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World Cup Germany 2006 - match description

  • Mon 12 Jun 2006, 14:00 BST
  • Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • 1st Round
Australia 3 - 1 Japan
Match period Score Time
1st Half 0 - 1 45
2nd Half 3 - 1 45
Other facts
Pitch condition Ideal
Weather Hot
Attendance 46000
Referees
Referee - Essam Abd El Fatah, Egypt
Referee's assistant - Mamadou Ndoye, Senegal
Referee's assistant - Dramane Dante, Mali

Match events

Match period Time Event Team Player
1st Half 26 Goal Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
1st Half 31 Yellow card Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
1st Half 34 Yellow card Australia Vince Grella
1st Half 40 Yellow card Japan Naohiro Takahara
2nd Half 53 Substitution Australia Leaving player - Marco Bresciano
Entering player - Tim Cahill
2nd Half 56 Substitution Japan Leaving player - Keisuke Tsuboi
Entering player - Teruyuki Moniwa
2nd Half 57 Yellow card Australia Craig Moore
2nd Half 61 Substitution Australia Leaving player - Craig Moore
Entering player - Josh Kennedy
2nd Half 68 Yellow card Japan Teruyuki Moniwa
2nd Half 69 Yellow card Australia Tim Cahill
2nd Half 75 Substitution Australia Leaving player - Luke Wilkshire
Entering player - John Aloisi
2nd Half 77 Yellow card Australia John Aloisi
2nd Half 78 Substitution Japan Leaving player - Atsushi Yanagisawa
Entering player - Shinji Ono
2nd Half 84 Goal Australia Tim Cahill
2nd Half 89 Goal Australia Tim Cahill
2nd Half 91 Substitution Japan Leaving player - Teruyuki Moniwa
Entering player - Masashi Oguro
2nd Half 93 Goal Australia John Aloisi

Australia - line-up

Coach - Guus Hiddink   Captain - Mark Viduka
Player Position Shirt Number Time played
Mark Schwarzer Goalkeeper 1 90
Lucas Neill Defender 2 90
Scott Chipperfield Defender 14 90
Jason Culina Midfielder 5 90
Brett Emerton Midfielder 7 90
Vince Grella Midfielder 13 90
Mark Viduka Forward 9 90
Harry Kewell Forward 10 90
Luke Wilkshire Midfielder 20 74
Craig Moore Defender 3 60
Marco Bresciano Midfielder 23 52
Tim Cahill Midfielder 4 38
Josh Kennedy Forward 19 30
John Aloisi Forward 15 16
Zeljko Kalac Goalkeeper 18 0
Tony Popovic Defender 6 0
Mark Milligan Defender 22 0
Michael Beauchamp Defender 16 0
Mile Sterjovski Forward 21 0
Josip Skoko Midfielder 8 0
Stan Lazaridis Midfielder 11 0
Archie Thompson Forward 17 0
Ante Covic Goalkeeper 12 0

Japan - line-up

Coach - Zico   Captain - Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Player Position Shirt Number Time played
Hidetoshi Nakata Midfielder 7 90
Shunsuke Nakamura Midfielder 10 90
Takashi Fukunishi Midfielder 15 90
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Goalkeeper 23 90
Alessandro Santos Defender 14 90
Yuji Nakazawa Defender 22 90
Yuichi Komano Defender 3 90
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto Defender 5 90
Naohiro Takahara Forward 9 90
Atsushi Yanagisawa Forward 13 77
Keisuke Tsuboi Defender 19 55
Teruyuki Moniwa Defender 2 35
Shinji Ono Midfielder 18 13
Keiji Tamada Forward 20 0
Yoichi Doi Goalkeeper 12 0
Koji Nakata Defender 6 0
Akira Kaji Defender 21 0
Yasuhito Endo Midfielder 4 0
Mitsuo Ogasawara Midfielder 8 0
Junichi Inamoto Midfielder 17 0
Seiichiro Maki Forward 11 0
Masashi Oguro Forward 16 0
Seigo Narazaki Goalkeeper 1 0