50mins: Ireland 0 Germany 1

46mins: Schneider concedes free-kick just inside Irish half. Staunton sends ball into German area but Germans clear.

47mins: Jancker receives ball from Ziege pass over top of defence but miskicks and Irish escape.

48mins: Staunton long ball finds Duff in left-hand corner. The Blackburn man sends in cross but Kahn collects under his cross bar with no Irishmen near.

49mins Metzelder foul on Keane goes unpunished and two clash moments later before Kahn separates pair behind German byline

50mins: Germans build attack down left but final ball is easily cleared by Irish