Oliver Kahn The Germany Goalkeeper Saves From Irelands Robbie Keane Hi Germany's oliver kahn has been named as the best goalkeeper of the 2002 world cup. the bayern munich star receives the yashin award from world soccer's governing body fifa. the 33 year old, who also captains germany, conceded just one goal in six matches as he led his team to the final. ireland's robbie keane was the only player to beat kahn. Ireland lined out against then three time winners germany with a squad full of talented premier league stars. this included newcastle goalkeeper shay given (26), 24 year old leeds left back ian harte and blackburn winger damien duff (23). and, of course, 21 year old striker keane, who had come into the tournament after a difficult season with.
Ireland S Robbie Keane Sees His Backward Header Beat German Goalkeeper Leading to the final, the only goal he had yielded was by ireland's robbie keane during injury time of a 1 1 first round tie. "that one mistake was brutally punished," kahn said. Na 2002 germany was peak german, pure efficiency. why play pretty soccer and run the game if you can just seal your goal shut with an insane guy and somehow manage to make a goal? 2002 oliver kahn is my favorite player to this day. But fucking hell when robbie keane scored that last minute goal against kahn who was the captain of germany at the time i realized how enjoyable international football was to watch when you're own country was in the tournament(and was doing relatively well). i was heartbroken when we lost to spain in penalties in the 2nd round. The combative irishmen kept trying after the interval and were denied in the 57th minute by a brilliant save by germany goalkeeper and captain oliver kahn from an close range effort from striker.
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