1.   After the missed penalty, Corinthians dodged another close chance when goalkpeer Ronaldo stopped a shot by Edilson from inside the area four minutes before halftime.

2.   But Scotland missed early chances to go ahead on a failed drop goal by flyhalf Craig Chalmers and a missed penalty off the upright by fullback Gavin Hastings.

3.   But Scotland missed early chances to go ahead on a failed drop goal by flyhalf Craig Chalmers and a missed penalty off the upright by fullback Hastings.

4.   The Group C match, featuring two favorites expected to challenge Brazil for the championship, was marked by four missed penalty kicks.

5.   Full-back Matt Burke, kicking in the absence of Michael Lynagh, set the tone with two missed penalties within the first two minutes.

6.   Gianfranco Zola rued his missed penalty in the ninth minute in a match where the efficient Germans never looked like conceding a goal.

7.   The sixth - to prop Richard Harry - came after a length of the field raid following a missed penalty attempt from ACT flyhalf Adam Friend.

8.   Two missed penalties early in the second half were crucial, he said.

9.   It was also a match of missed penalties.

10.   The man who sunk Celtic was Brian Laudrup who fired home after just seven minutes but it turned out to be a match of missed penalties.