Best of the World Cup 2006

 

There it is Oliver Neuville of Germany scores the winning goal as Artur Boruc of
Poland
fails to make a save in the 91st minute.

 

 

Closing down

A wall of Ukraine
players tries to stop a shot on goal.

 

 

Blur of emotions

Dario Simic of Croatia and Ronaldo of
Brazil
jump for a header

 

 

Flying Frenchman

French forward Thierry Henry controls the ball.

 

 

Ahn target

Jung-Hwan Ahn of South Korea shoots and scores the second goal for his team past Kossi Agassa of
Togo
.

 

 

Out of reach

Ghana
goalie Richard Kingston (22) makes a save as teammate Michael Essien (8) helps
defend against

Italy
's Fabio Cannavaro, left, Daniele De Rossi, center, and
Alberto Gilardino (11) in the first half.

 

 

Mountain out of a Cahill

Australia
's team celebrates Tim
Cahill's second goal.

Australia

came back to win the match 3-1 for their first-ever World Cup victory.

 

 

Going one up

Czech Republic's Jan Koller (R) scores on a header to give the Czechs a 1-0 lead.

 

 

Jubilation

The Netherlands
' Arjen Robben (11) reacts after scoring in the first half of the Netherlands vs. Serbia and Montenegro Group C soccer match.

 

 

No looking back

Hernan Crespo of Argentina
controls the ball under pressure

 

 

Beloved Becks

Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole and David Beckham celebrate after an own goal by Carlos Gamarra of Paraguay
.

 

 

Falling down

Poland
goalkeeper Artur Boruc vainly tries to reach for the ball headed by

Ecuador
's Carlos Tenorio getting into the net.

 

 

Kicking off

Ecuador's
Agustin Delgado (L) and

Poland
's Mariusz Jop in action during the first half of action.

 

 

No chance

Costa Rica
's goalkeeper Jose Porras
looks afer the ball landing in the net. Watching the scene are
Germany's Lukas Podolski
(L),
Costa Rica's Luis Marin and

Germany
's Miroslav Klose.

 

 

All the pageantry

The 2006 FIFA World Cup kicks off with an amazing opening ceremony at Munich
's Allianz Arena.

 

 

Electric atmosphere

General view backstage at the FIFA World Cup 2006 Opening Festival, at the Brandenburg Gate on June 7, 2006 in Berlin, Germany.