The match was great!

GERMANY vs ARGENTINA.Germany advanced to the 2006 FIFA World Cup semi-finals after triumphing 4-2 over Argentina in a penalty shoot 1-1 draw at Berlins Olympiastadion on Friday,30 July 2006.


It proved impossible to separate able to concure up a couple of goals,Miroslave Klose's 80th-minute equalise cancelling out a 49th-minute opening strike from Roberto Ayala.


That left the match to be settled by penalties.,and it was Jens Lehmann who proved the hosts'hero,saving from both Ayala and Esteban Cambiasso,while Oliver Neuville,Micheal Ballack,Lukas Podolski and Tim Borowski all successfully dispatched their spot kick past Argentina's substitue goalkeeper,Leo Franco.



ITALY vs UKRAINE.Italy cruised into the semi-finals of Germany 2006 with convincing 3-0 victory over Ukraine in Dortmund on Friday,30 jun 2006.

A sixth-minute strike from Gianluca Zambrotta set the tone for the evening and a second-half brace from Luca Toni merely compounded the misery for Oleg Blokhin's side.Oleg Gusev,Andriy Gusin and Maksym Kalinichenko all went close for ukraine,but were denied by a combination of the woodwork and some excellent goalkeeper by Gianluigi Buffon
Italy now turn their attentions to a semi-finalmtie with the host in Dortmund on Tuesday,4 july,while FIFA World Cup debutants ukraine will return hone justfiably proud of their efforts.