1.   Andreas Kopke, the German goalkeeper, collapsed on his back, and defender Christian Worns writhed on the ground as his muscles cramped in protest.

2.   The ball ricocheted to Hernandez, who had an open net to his right but wheeled and hit the ball directly at German goalkeeper Andreas Kopke.

3.   A minute after Paul Ince has forced Koepke into an acrobatic save, the German goalkeeper was picking the ball out of the net.

4.   Apart from Flo, Arveladze and de Boer, Italian defender Lorenzo Amoruso is a key player along with German goalkeeper Stefan Klos and Russian international winger Andrei Kanchelskis.

5.   German goalkeeper Andreas Koepke said the team started the tournament just as it wanted.

6.   German goalkeeper Robert Enke is to join FC Barcelona from Benfica, news reports said Tuesday.

7.   German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn knew his team was not going to win the World Cup final against Brazil as soon as the name of the referee was announced.

8.   German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn raced for it but collided with his libero Jens Nowotny.

9.   German goalkeeper Simon Jentzsch made a string of good saves to keep out Viduka and Skoko.

10.   German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn made the save, but could not control the rebound, and Ronaldo put in the loose ball.