Germany manages to beat Costa Rica 4-2 in the openning game of World Cup 2006. A lot of punters must have felt releived. Haha! But I think they going to have a lot of problems. They have their captain, the star player out injured. And when he's back, he has issues with the coach's strategy. Let's see how they perform next.

On the other hand, Poland loses Ecuador 2-0. Serves them right for dropping Dudek.