Lehmann willing to make way for Kahn farewell

JENS LEHMANN has hinted he will make room for arch-rival goalkeeper Oliver Kahn to play in Germany’s third-place play-off match against Portugal on Saturday.

The Arsenal goalkeeper pipped Khan in a hard-fought battle to start the World Cup as Germany’s number one. But after Lehmann produced some great saves in Germany’s 2-0 loss to Italy, he signalled his readiness to grant his 37-year-old rival a World Cup farewell.

“If we wants to play and the coaches have reached that decision, then he has certainly deserved it,” Lehmann told a press conference in Berlin.