Ballack won’t play against Costa Rica

June 7th, 2006 | by: Harvey Morrell |

Ballack likely to miss Costa Rica match. This is not good news for Germany. I hope he’s fit against Poland or Germany could be in real trouble.

http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/a-tale-of-two-world-cup-fortunes.html A Tale of Two World Cup Fortunes – FIFA World Cup 2006 – World Cup 2006 Blog

[...] The host nation is waiting on pins and needles to see how long it will take for captain Michael Ballack to recover from a nagging calf injury. The injury isn’t serious but it is bad enough to keep him out the first game against Costa Rica. With a German team that lacks experience, not having a world-class veteran player like Ballack on the field to settle those first game jitters may be a big issue. [...]
Wired_Individual

Germany will lose their opening game to Costa Rica 0-1. Cost Rica will score the single goal of the match late in the 2nd Half.
Germany will then go on to emerge runners up from their group behind Poland.
mad

i guess is Germany will win 2 to 0. and i think the absence of Ballack at the center of the pitch will not make any significant difference on the ultimate result, but if constarica could exploit his absence, i think everything will take a different turn.
mad

MY guess is Germany will win 2 to 0. and i think the absence of Ballack at the center of the pitch will not make any significant difference on the ultimate result, but if constarica could exploit his absence, i think everything will take a different turn.
Me

I think They dominated