전차군단' 독일이 '유럽판 한.일전'인 숙적 폴란드와 맞대결에서 경기 종료 직전 터진 올리버 뇌빌의 결승골로 극적인  승리를 거뒀다. 

독일은 15일 오전(이하 한국시간) 도르트문트 월드컵경기장에서 열린 2006 독일 월드컵 A조 조별리그 2차전에서 인저리타임이 적용되던 후반 46분 다비트  오동코어가 상대 오른쪽 측면에서 올린 크로스를 뇌빌이 달려들며 오른발슛으로 골문을 갈라 1-0으로 이겼다. 

이로써 지난 10일 대회 개막전에서 코스타리카를 4-2로 완파했던 독일은  2연승으로 조 1위를 지키며 16강행의 유리한 고지에 올라섰고, 에콰도르와  첫  경기에서 불의의 일격을 당했던(0-2 패) 폴란드는 2연패에 빠져 사실상 16강 진출이 힘들어졌다. 

독일은 15일 열릴 같은 조의 에콰도르-코스타리카전에서 코스타리카가 승리하지만 않는다면 에콰도르와 3차전 결과에 상관없이 16강행을 확정짓는다. 

독일은 폴란드와 역대 전적에서도 11승4무, 무패행진을 이어갔다. 

2차 세계대전을 불러 온 독일의 폴란드 침공으로 '구원(舊怨)' 관계에 놓여  있던 양 국의 경기는 시종 손에 땀을 쥐게 했다. 

얄궂게도 독일은 어머니가 폴란드인인 미로슬라프 클로제와 부모  모두  폴란드 출신인 루카스 포돌스키를 투톱으로 내세워 이들에게 조국의 골문을 겨냥하게 했다. 

부상으로 1차전에 결장했던 공격형 미드필더 미하엘 발라크도 선발로 내세웠다. 

독일은 전반전 폴란드의 투지 넘친 플레이와 강한 압박에 고전하다 후반 상대의 체력이 급격히 떨어지면서 화끈하게 몰아붙였다. 

하지만 폴란드 골키퍼 아르투르 보루츠의 선방 속에 수 차례 결정적 찬스를  살리지 못하며 힘들게 경기를 이어갔다. 

전반 10분 발라크의 패스에 이은 클로제의 왼발 슈팅으로 포문을 연 독일은  21분 필리프 람의 크로스를 클로세가 헤딩으로 연결했지만 골문을 빗겨갔다. 

35분에는 포돌스키의 터닝슛이 골키퍼 정면으로 향했고, 41분 슈바인  슈타이거의 슈팅은 골대를 넘어갔다. 

전반 인저리타임 포돌스키가 페널티지역 왼쪽에서 날린 슈팅은  골키퍼를  지나 반대편 골대를 살짝 빗겨가 땅을 쳤다. 

독일은 후반 들어서도 공격의 고삐를 늦추지 않았다. 19분 윙백 아르네  프리드리히를 빼고 미드필더 오동코어를 투입하며 거세게 몰아붙였다. 특히 후반 30분  폴란드 중앙 미드필더 라도스와프 소볼레프스키가 경고 누적으로 퇴장당한 뒤  독일의 공격은 불을 뿜었다. 

후반 20분 클로세의 대포알 같은 중거리슛을 쳐낸 폴란드 골키퍼 보루츠는  35분에는 필리프 람과 올리버 뇌빌의 잇따른 슈팅까지 막아냈다. 

후반 45분에는 클로세의 헤딩슛과 발라크의 슈팅이 거푸 골대를 맞추는 불운 속에 경기는 그대로 무승부로 끝나는 듯 했다. 

하지만 독일은 1분 뒤 터진 뇌빌의 한방으로 폴란드를 또다시 무릎 꿇리며 짜릿한 승리를 가져 갔다. (연합뉴스) 
 
Germany 1 : 0 Poland 

[GER] 10. NEUVILLE Oliver (91+') 

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) - The game had ended long before and a thunderstorm was breaking out, yet die-hard German fans were still at the stadium, singing the chant now heard across the country. 

"Berlin, Berlin, we are going to Berlin," they sang, referring to the site of the July 9 World Cup final. 

Germany is not there yet, and the final is still far away. But the host nation took a major step toward at least the second round by edging Poland 1-0 on Wednesday. 

It took some doing. 

Shot after shot was turned away by Poland's goalkeeper and the crossbar. Germany kept firing and got the payoff just in time - injury time. Substitute Oliver Neuville scored on a sliding kick off a brilliant cross from another sub, David Odonkor. 

"It was a bit lucky, but it was more than deserved," Neuville said. "I should have scored even before." 

Odonkor broke free on the right wing and his perfect pass was booted home by Neuville. The German players mobbed Neuville as the crowd, previously frustrated at seeing their heroes thwarted, erupted in cheers. 

"I can't describe my feelings," said Odonkor, a rookie on the German team who plays for Borussia Dortmund. "When I got the ball, I looked up and crossed, but I didn't see whether a striker was there or not." 

The hosts, with a man advantage for the final 15 minutes, controlled the action only to be frustrated by Artur Borac, who made a handful of spectacular saves. 

Poland's Radoslaw Sobolewski was sent off in the 75th minute with his second yellow card after tripping Germany striker Miroslav Klose. The Germans pressed, but Boruc was impenetrable. 

So was the crossbar, which was hit by Klose with a header and Michael Ballack with a kick in the 90th minute. 

"We had enough chances," Klose said. 

And one of them finally paid off. 

"The goal came very late, but it was well-deserved," Ballack said. "We won a lot of challenges. ... We were better on challenges than we were against Costa Rica." 

Just as significantly, the often vulnerable German defense held its ground in the shutout. The Germans beat Costa Rica in the tournament opener 4-2, but looked shaky defensively. 

The game between the European neighbors was scrappy and featured little flowing play, but plenty of tough challenges. Ballack, recovered from an injured right calf that forced him out against Costa Rica, was at the center of most of his team's attacks. 

"After they went down to 10 men we gave everything to get a goal and it worked," coach Juergen Klinsmann said. "The team maintained its rhythm. 

"We tried to step the pace in the second half," he added. "We tried to put them under pressure from the start. The way we held together and the support on and off the field is phenomenal." 

It was Germany's first win over a European team at a major championship since it won Euro 96 by beating the Czech Republic in the final. 

Germany now has six points and is on the verge of advancing in Group A. Poland, which has no points after losing 2-0 to Ecuador in its opener, must beat Costa Rica in its final game of the first round to have any chance of moving on. And if Ecuador beats or ties Costa Rica on Thursday, the Poles are eliminated. 

Polish coach Pawel Janas thanked his players for their "fight." 

"Unfortunately, we still can't score goals," he said. 

Two miles from the stadium in the city center, police clashed with dozens of German hooligans two hours before gametime. 

Throughout the day, local officers had teamed with Polish authorities to troll for troublemakers - and they found a crowd of them in one central square. Police said at least 120 Germans were arrested after they threw bottles and chairs at officers; 60 Poles identified as hooligans were arrested in scattered incidents throughout the day. 

남미의 신흥 강호 에콰도르가 코스타리카를 꺾고 월드컵 출전 사상 처음으로 16강에 올랐다. 

에콰도르는 15일(한국시간) 함부르크 FIFA월드컵경기장에서 열린 2006 독일월드컵 A조 조별리그 2차전에서 시종 우세한 경기를 펼친 끝에 코스타리카에 3-0으로 완승을 거뒀다. 

1차전에서 폴란드를 2-0으로 완파했던 에콰도르는 2승을 거둬 승점 6점을 확보, 나란히 2패를 떠안은 코스타리카와 폴란드를 제치고 독일(2승)과 함께 A조에서 16강행 티켓을 확보했다. 

에콰도르는 2002년 한일월드컵에 이어 본선 진출 두번째만에  16강에  진출하는 저력을 과시, 남의 독일과의 경기에서 여유있게 조1위 다툼을 하게 됐다. 

특히 테노리오는 폴란드와의 1차전과 마찬가지로 헤딩 결승골을 성공시켜  16강 티켓 확보에 결정적인 역할을 했다. 

4-4-2 포메이션을 내세운 에콰도르의 수비벽은 코스타리카에 좀처럼 공격  기회를 열어주지 않은 반면 카를로스 테노리오와 아구스틴 델가도의 `투톱'을 앞세워 코스타리카의 좌우 공간을 빠르게 침투하면서 골문을 마음껏 유린했다. 

에콰도르는 초반부터 경기 주도권을 잡았다. 

에콰도르는 전반 8분 루이스 발렌시아가 코스타리가 페널티 지역 오른쪽을 파고들어 올려준 크로스를 테노리오가 달려들며 골문 왼쪽 구석으로 머리로 받아넣어 선취골을 성공시켰다. 

독일전에서 2골이나 성공시켰던 코스타리카 장신의 스트라이커 파울로 완초페는 에콰도르의 조직적인 수비에 발이 묶여 전반에 단 1개의 슈팅도 하지 못하는 등  공격의 실마리를 찾지 못했다. 

전반이 끝나고 테노리오를 벤치에 앉히는 여유를 보인 에콰도르는 후반 9분  에디손 멘데스가 페널티지역 안에서 수비수 2명을 제치고 넘겨준 패스를 델가도가  받아 가슴으로 트래핑한 뒤 오른발로 강하게 찔러넣어 추가 점수를 올렸다. 

조급해진 코스타리카는 마우리시오 솔리스가 후반 15분께 단독 돌파에 이어  골문 오른쪽을 노린 회심의 슈팅을 날렸으나 골키퍼 크리스티안 모라의 선방에 막히는 등 만회의 기회를 좀처럼 잡지 못했다. 

후반 41분 코스타리카는 알바로 사보리오의 왼발슛이 크로스바를 맞고 튀어나가는 등 운까지 따라주지 못했다. 

에콰도르는  인저리타임 때 멘데스가 페널티지역 오른쪽에서 올려준 크로스를  이반 카비에데스가  가볍게 오른발로 갖다대며  세번째 골을 뽑아내 독일에  골득실에 앞서 조1위까지 올라가는 보너스를 챙겼다. (연합뉴스) 
 
Ecuador 3 : 0 Costa Rica 

[ECU] 21. TENORIO Carlos (8') 11. DELGADO Agustin (54') 10. KAVIEDES Ivan (92+') 

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - While the vanquished Costa Ricans hung their heads in bewilderment, Ivan Kaviedes pulled a Spider-Man mask from his shorts - in Ecuador's team color of yellow, of course - stretched it over his head and ran around like a schoolboy. 

If anyone deserved to celebrate, he did, after scoring two minutes into injury time and putting an exclamation point on a 3-0 victory that put Ecuador in the second round of the World Cup for the first time. 
His masked-man stunt was a tribute to Otilino Tenorio, a teammate killed in a May 2005 car crash in Ecuador, just three days after he played for his country in an exhibition game at New Jersey's Giants Stadium. 

"He is a partner, a friend, a brother who was with us and is a part of us," Kaviedes said. "He was with us a long, long time, and he transferred to us this joy that was very contagious." 

Tenorio, whose nickname was "Spiderman," used to pull the mask from his shorts during his goal celebrations. 

"We had a feeling that he was present with us," Agustin Delgado said through a translator. 

Carlos Tenorio - who is not related - and Delgado scored their second goals of the tournament for Ecuador, a country with few international sports triumphs. In the Olympics, its only medal came at the 1996 Atlanta Games, when Jefferson Perez won the gold in the 20-kilometer walk. 

Back in Quito, the streets filled with celebrators. Ecuador and host Germany (both 2-0) claimed the two berths from Group A and will meet England, Sweden or Trinidad and Tobago in the second round. 

"We're now thinking about being group leaders, we think about winning every game," Delgado said. "We want to win the next game, even though we're in the second round." 

Ecuador plays the Germans on Tuesday, needing only a tie to claim first place. 

"I think it'll be the most beautiful game to play, even more so because we already advanced," Delgado said after the players dedicated their success to "Spiderman." 

Costa Rica and Poland (both 0-2) became the first teams eliminated from the 32-nation field. 

Tenorio scored in the eighth minute and Delgado in the 54th. Goalkeeper Cristian Mora, again playing with Ecuador flags painted on his cheeks, jumped with joy after Delgado's goal. 

Historically, the Tricolors have found success only at their home field in Quito, more than 9,000 feet above sea level. But after winning just once in 10 games coming into their second World Cup, the South Americans have won two in a row, starting with a 2-0 victory over Poland last Friday. 

"We wanted to come here and demonstrate that we can play well at this altitude and we're doing it," Delgado said. 

Costa Rica, Central America's dominant team, was coming off a 4-2 loss to Germany in the World Cup opener and was eliminated in the first round for the second straight World Cup. Four years ago, the Ticos lost out to Turkey on goal difference. 

"I am very sad, the same as everybody," said coach Alexandre Guimares, who is unsure whether to accept federation president Hermes Navarro's offer to stay on. 

Tenorio scored his seventh goal in 31 international appearances after some nifty passing in the midfield. The ball was played to Luis Valencia on the right flank, and he crossed around Costa Rica captain Luis Marin to Tenorio, who burst ahead of Douglas Sequeira and beat goalkeeper Jose Porras with a header from close range. 

Considered the successor to Delgado as Ecuador's top scorer, Tenorio left the game at halftime with an injured right ankle. 

Delgado got his 31st goal in 70 appearances on a play that followed a throw-in, collecting a pass from Edison Mendez with his chest, bursting between Marin and Michael Umana, then beating Porras to the near post. Kaviedes' goal was his 14th in 46 games for Ecuador. 

Costa Rica's best chance to get back in the game came in the 42nd minute, when Sequeira tried to bounce a header in and missed wide. A minute earlier, Porras had to lean back to parry a deflected cross. Alvaro Saboria hit the underside of the crossbar in the 88th, only to have the ball bounce out. 

"We have played three World Cups and, yes, this has been our worst," said forward Paulo Wanchope, who plans to retire from the Ticos after the tournament. 

Kaviedes, who replaced Tenorio at the start of the second half, scored in the second minute of injury time from 6 yards off a cross from Mendez, getting by Marin and sliding to poke the ball in. 

"We made history and that's what we came here to do," Ecuador coach Luis Suarez said. "We achieved our first goal, but it won't be the only one."