1.  Peter Hoekstra fell under a challenge from Stefan Reuter but Arsenal striker Bergkamp put his spot-kick too close to the diving German keeper Andreas Koepke.

2.  A wrist injury and some unimpressive performances of the German keeper have taken back Sebastiano Rossi between AC Milan posts.

3.  Arnau slid a low, hard flick between German keeper Christian Reitz and Fischer on the post.

4.  Asprilla, the AC Parma player, attempted a falling-down bicycle kick, but the blast from eight meters was fisted away by German keeper Andreas Koepke.

5.  Both teams had several chances to win, with German keeper Christopher Reitz saving two Dutch shots and Jansen repelling another two desperate attempts by Germany.

6.  But Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp put his spotkick too close to the diving German keeper Andreas Koepke and also missed a second chance from the rebound.

7.  Costa Rica should have won but for the wonderful saves by the German keeper Simon Jentzsch, voted the best player of the match.

8.  German keeper Andreas Kopke had a superb match apart from saving the spotkick.

9.  German keeper Ike Immel failed to hold his first attempt and Lee put it away from five yards out.

10.  German keeper Oliver Kahn had at the weekend expressed amazement at the stamina of the Koreans although without casting aspersions on how they kept going so strongly.