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International Friendly
Germany
2
Japan
2
Miroslav Klose
(76')
Bastian Schweinsteiger
(80')
Naohiro Takahara
(57', 65')
Summary
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
GER
JPN
No.
Name
1
Jens Lehmann
17
Per Mertesacker
2
Marcell Jansen
13
Michael Ballack
19
Bernd Schneider
8
Torsten Frings
7
Bastian Schweinsteiger
11
Miroslav Klose
Substitutes
12
Oliver Kahn
6
Jens Nowotny
3
Arne Friedrich
4
Robert Huth
5
Sebastian Kehl
15
Thomas Hitzlsperger
22
David Odonkor
10
Oliver Neuville
14
Gerald Asamoah
9
Mike Hanke
Game Information
BayArena
2:30 PM, May 30, 2006
Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 22,500
Referees:
Kyros Vassaras
Match Timeline
Germany
Japan
KO
39
HT
55
57
63
65
70
76
76
80
81
FT
90
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