The top two teams from each group (16 in total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.

His first was in the fourth minute; German captain Michael Ballack sent a pass to Miroslav Klose, who was tackled by goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson, only for an onrushing Podolski to turn the ball in.

However, he derived an educated guess from the videos he had studied and pretended to read the piece of paper and nodded his head before putting it away, implying to Cambiasso that he did in fact have information on the kicker.

[5] "Lehmann's list" became so popular in the annals of German football history that it is now in the Haus der Geschichte museum.Man of the Match: Michael Ballack (Germany) Assistant referees: Roman Slysko (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia) Fourth official: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Fifth official: Francesco Buragina (Switzerland) Man of the Match: Gennaro Gattuso (Italy) Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium) Fourth official: Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Fifth official: Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan) Man of the Match: Owen Hargreaves (England) Assistant referees: Darío García (Argentina) Rodolfo Otero (Argentina) Fourth official: Coffi Codjia (Benin) Fifth official: Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin) Defending world champions Brazil went out in the quarter-finals after Zinedine Zidane found an unmarked Thierry Henry from a free kick, the striker having been given a free run at the ball after his marker, Roberto Carlos, stopped to tie his shoe.

[6] Man of the Match: Zinedine Zidane (France) Assistant referees: Víctoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain) Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain) Fourth official: Mark Shield (Australia) Fifth official: Ben Wilson (Australia) This was the fourth time that Italy defeated the host nation of tournament, after France in 1938, Mexico in 1970 and Argentina in 1978.