GERMANY: German and Portuguese fans gather in Stuttgart for the World Cup third-place match.

Record ID: 574249

  • Title: GERMANY: German and Portuguese fans gather in Stuttgart for the World Cup third-place match.
  • Date: 8th July 2006
  • Summary: SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) GLORIA REISDESA, PORTUGAL FAN, SAYING: "Me and my son are happy for Portugal, we are the best, and even the French know that. They only beat us with a penalty, now we are waiting for the end but we are champions." SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) ARMANDO BORGES, PORTUGAL FAN, SAYING: "There's mixed feelings, I'm sad for not getting to the final but happy that we got this far." PORTUGAL FANS SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) ANNA CLAUDIA BORGES, YOUNG PORTUGAL FAN, SAYING: "Two-nil for Portugal." FANS WAITING BEHIND BARRIER GERMANY FANS CHANTING 'LUKAS PODOLSKI' GERMANY FANS BEHIND BARRIER GERMANY FAN WITH CARDBOARD WORLD CUP CHILDREN WITH GERMANY FLAGS MAN LOOKING AT GERMAN FLAGS FOR SALE SOUNDBITE (German) ERWIN MARQUARDT, GERMANY FAN, SAYING: "We will win this, three-nil for us, for Germany. The whole World Cup was just great, the euphoria our team generated here in Germany was just beautiful. I hope it stays this way." SOUNDBITE (German) ULI DEUTSCHLE, GERMANY FAN, SAYING: "Looking back on the last five weeks, it was great. The team can only win, because I think if (Germany captain Michael) Ballack is not playing, the rest of the team will show a bit more action. So I believe we will win, for sure." SOUNDBITE (German) KEVIN STROBEL, GERMANY FAN, SAYING: "Two-one, for Germany tonight. The last five weeks were great. Germany played well. And the thing with Italy really was a pity." GERMAN FAN SINGING 'STUTTGART IS BETTER THAN BERLIN' INTO MEGAPHONE GERMANY FANS WITH HATS ON WALKING BY
  • Embargoed: 23rd July 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA2QODE34ZT0ZYMKSEPDSMJ0LSY
  • Story Text: Fans of Germany and Portugal have started gathering in Stuttgart ahead of Saturday's (July 8) World Cup third-place match between the two sides.
    The match will see the return of Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn as part of a series of changes coach Juergen Klinsmann has made to his side.
    Kahn, 37, lost his position as German number one to rival Jens Lehmann, who has played in all six of Germany's matches to date.
    Klinsmann has been impressed by Kahn's positive attitude in training and his return to face Portugal in Stuttgart is the former number one's reward.
    Lehmann said on Thursday he would be happy to sit out the match in order to give Kahn a final taste of the World Cup.
    It will be an 86th international appearance for Kahn, who was named the best player of the tournament in South Korea and Japan four years ago.
    Germany will be without captain Michael Ballack, centre back Per Mertesacker and right back Arne Friedrich because of injury.
    Klinsmann said Robert Huth and Marcell Jansen would come into the defence for a match Germany are eager to win to finishing their home tournament on a high note.
    The other outstanding issue for Saturday is to ensure Miroslav Klose finishes the tournament as top scorer.
    Klose has five goals to his name, two more than team mate Lukas Podolski and Thierry Henry, who will lead the France attack in Sunday's final against Italy.
    Portugal's preparations for the game were disrupted when they arrived in Stuttgart from Munich two hours late because of bad weather on the way. The team's plane circled Stuttgart airport several times, before diverting to Frankfurt. It then completed the journey when the weather improved.
    Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said he is not a supporter of the third-place match at the World Cup, as it causes suffering for the teams involved and motivating players only days after they suffered agonising defeats in the semi-finals of the competition is a struggle.
    Hosts Germany were beaten 2-0 by Italy on Tuesday, conceding two goals deep into extra time, and Portugal went down to a 1-0 defeat against France on Wednesday, sunk by a controversial penalty.
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