Cameroon against Germany

Terrific diving save from the Cameroon keeper - Ballack got between his defenders there

Very comfortable for the Germans now. Frings swings in a cross and Ballack heads at goal - and a brilliant save from Alioum

Cameroon throw near the corner flag but a goal for them looks unlikely now

Truly disappointing stuff from Cameroon - they surely have the talent to go a long way in this World Cup. Instead, they will be heading home early

German change - on comes Oliver Neuville to replace the goalscorer Klose

He tries an overhead kick to set up Mboma but Germany defend well again

Song's gone up front - can he pick up a red card for the third successive World Cup?

And one of Bryan Robson's less inspired buys, Joseph Desire Job, comes on

Meanwhile, Lauren picks up a booking for a wild lunge on Hamann. 16 bookings...

And a German change - Jermies on for Schneider

Five goals in this World Cup now for Klose - are they all headers?

GOAL! Klose takes his chance superbly but the marking was poor. Game over - attention can now turn to referee Lopez Nieta's attempt to book everyone on the pitch

Hamann finds Ballack who crosses. Klose's in room at the back post...

A bit of a harsh decision but it's advantage Germany now.

And another red card! Suffo, the head-butt king from the Battle of Bramall Lane, departs for two bookings after bringing down Ballack. That's 15 yellow cards tonight

Fifteen minutes for Cameroon to save themselves as Geremi's ship just evades Ngom Kome

There was pushing in the box and the referee gives a free kick to Germany in the box. Cameroon never had a chance to take their free kick. Strange refereeing from the card-happy Spaniard

Frings brings down Ngom Kome - and that's the 14th booking of the game

Ballack and Ziege combined really well on the counter-attack -they almost played in Klose

Geremi swings it in, Lauren rises and heads against the post. It comes to Mboma - who also hits the post. Kahn gratefully gathers

Lauren gets past Ziege, who tuge him back. Lauren reacts but it is only Ziege who is booked

Ballack puts a tame shot wide, but it's still closer than Cameroon have come this half

Germany are looking much the more confident side now as Klose wins a free kick when Song trips him.

Bode had a chance to find Schneider there - poor ball, but the Germans are playing better with ten men (and without Jancker)

Geremi takes and Mboma wins the header, but he flicks it away from his onrushing team-mates

Kahn's poor kick finds Ngom Kome. He runs at Frings and is brought down. Will this free kick be better?

A rare spell of possession for the Germans - it gives them a break from defending

... but once again the set piece comes to nothing.

Lauren's shot hits Linke, comes back to the Arsneal man who finds Ngom Kome. Schneider brings him down on the edge of the box.

Ngom Kome puts in an appalling cross - it goes way behind the goal. Cameroon really can play much better than this

... and drives it straight into the wall. Terrible.

Wome eyes up the free kick...

And Cameroon make a change - Ngom Kome on for Olembe

Quick reations from Alioum to stop Geremi conceding a corner and Cameroon break. Metzelder brings down Mboma

Cameroon really need to do more with the ball - well as the Germands are defending, the Irish tested them rather more

Cameroon are about to bring on another sub - Daniel Ngom Kome, who started against the Saudis

And now Suffo's booked. 12 yellow cards from Mr Lopez Nieta, a referee with tinpot dictator tendencies

And Gary Breen puts Ireland 2-0 ahead against the Saudis. Cameroon now need to win

Cameroon have the ball - as they can expect to do for much of the game - but they are struggling to break the Germans down

Olembe brings down Schneider - and now he's booked. A harsh decision

The free kick's worked to Wome, but it's deflected into the wall and Kahn isn't tested

Cameroon have a free kick 40 yards out. Geremi takes it - and is booked for taking ot too quickly. Ten yellow cards now

Foe gives it away to Klose - chance for a counter attack? He finds Ballack and the return ball just evades the striker

Just the two defenders for Cameroon now, but they really need to create more chances.

And Cameroon make a change. Defender Bill Tchato is replaced by forward Patrick Suffo, who made his mark on Division 1 (or Derek McInnes' head, anyway)

Olembe sprints past Frings, but a goal kick is given when he thought he'd won a corner

Cameroon spread the play to Wome, but that's a terrible cross, straight to Kahn

Cameroon need to score twice now, and they're already warming up a sub

GOAL! A superb finish. He puts it across Alioum and into the bottom corner. What a substitution by Rudi Voller.

Klose wins the ball. He only has one man up with him but he picks out Bode...

Mboma makes a solo run, but Hamann dispossesses him

A scrappy start to this half - we've had several free kicks already

Geremi finds Lauren. The Germans cut out the cross but Cameroon continue to press until Song is penalised

Free kick for Cameroon as Ballack brings down Olembe

Bode is involved early on, winning a throw off Song, but Cameroon clear

Cameroon start the second half as Klose is alone in attack for Germany

And there's a change straight away. Marco Bode replaces Carsten Jancker. It's a defensive swap, though Jancker was ineffective in the first half (even by his own standards)

Will the Germans even try for a goal? Will Cameroon commit more men to attack now they're up against ten men? With the Irish leading, one of these teams is likely to go out...

And that's the half-time whistle. Cameroon 0 Germany 0 - 45 minutes of defending ahead for the Germans as the two teams rule themselves out of contention for the Fair Play Award

Geremi curls it over everyone for a goal kick...

Geremi takes, into the wall and it's a corner

A late free kick for Cameroon as Frings fouls Mboma.

Two extra minutes signalled. The result suits the Germans but Cameroon, of course, have a man advantage

The Germans look to have reverted to a back four with Ziege and Frings as orthodox full backs, though Ziege is well forward here - but Geremi wins the ball

Schneider puts in the free kick and Klose rises well to head over the bar. He's scored harder chances than that so far in this World Cup

Tchato hauls back Klose - and Bill Tchato is the latest caution in this foulfest

That came about from Kahn jumping knee first into Song after the whistle had gone

The whistle goes and Kahan and Song are annoyed with each other - there's some pushing there. Song is booked and so is Kahn.

The wall does its does job and deflects Mboma's shor behind

Mboma, Wome and Geremi are behind the free kick...

And he's off! Ramelow sent off for two clumsy challenges. He can have no complaints.

But the corner is easy for Cameroon and Alioum sets up a break. Eto'o charges forward from the half-way line, he rounds Ramelow ont he edge of the box and the lungeing German brings him down...

Ziege's long ball goes towards Jancker. Song wins the header but puts it behind for a corner. A lack of communication with Alioum there

Geremi takes it - but it's far too high and doesn't trouble Kahn

It's just about in shooting range for Cameroon. Geremi or Wome could have a go

And another. Ramelow hacks down Mboma from behind - yellow card

And Cameroon clear the corner and earn a free kick in the German half

Ziege bends it in... and Alioum's off his line, back-pedalling furiously and he gets a touch to stop it going in the top left corner.

Foe pushed him - he could have been sent off - but Ballack went down rather easily

Ziege and Schneider line it up as Ballack goes down on the edge of the box. This is turning into a bad-tempered clash

Klose wins a free kick from Wome by the right touchline now

He was injured in a clash with Wome - there was a suspicion the wing back landed on him there

Klose is down and Cameroon play the ball out so he can receive treatment

Mboma nips past the German defence only to be given offside - that looked a wrong decision

Late challenge from Ballack on Lauren - and now he's booked too

And Germany break with Schneider and Klose - hamann has a shot blocked

Eto'o and Mboma play a clever one-two. Eto'o passes to Lauren, who lines up a shot on the edge of the box but Ballack makes a great block

Hamann is booked for a foul on Foe - and he'll miss Germany's next game. But will it be in this World Cup?

Cameroon haven't created many chances but they should still have scored twice

One Cameroon corner produces a second, Linke clears but it comes back to Geremi who whips in a cross. Song comes in unmarked from five yards - and heads wide.

It's a really powerful inswinging shot. Kahn punches away but it rebounds off Metzelder and off for a corner. That could have gone anywhere - nearly an own goal

But they have a free kick on the right. Wome could take...

As things stand, Cameroon need to score to stay in the World Cup - and they've not been ambitious so far

Alioum claims a cross but Cameroon concede possession. Jancker sets up Klose - and his shot is blocked

Metzelder made a great run into space down the left wing there but his team-mates reverted to Plan A and whacked it at Jancker. It comes to the defender anyway and he earns a throw

There's something of a melee here - Song is off for treatment after Klose's boot connected with his face. Was it deliberate? The Cameroon skipper's bleeding

Schneider goes for a 50-yard shot - just over the bar but great vision

Chance for a German counter attack - until the ball reached Jancker... Passing really isn't his forte

Predictably, the free kick was aimed at Jancker but it was well defended

Another free kick for Germany - Wome fouls Schneider. The ever-pleasant German suggests his opponent should be booked. Referee Lopez disagrees

Ziege whips in a low cross but no one attacked it and it was a bit too near Alioum.

Hamann finds Schneider in the box. He looks for Jancker but Song intercepts. Cameroon counter attack and Olembe looks for Lauren. He's given offside but it's marginal.

Another foul by Foe on Jancker. He'll have to be careful after that early yellow card.

Cameroon are back in the game after their slow start, but neither side are committing too many men to attack - more 5-3-2 than 3-5-2 so far

The best chance of the game so far but Solomon Olembe really didn't look confident at all. Kahn stood up well - he's had an excellent tournament

... and he does. A tame finish, but the block comes back to Olembe. He goes for the tame cross this time but Kahn gets cocky and takes his eye off it - he almost drops it in his own net.

Olembe breaks through the German offside trap to meet Eto'o's pass. There's only Kahn to stop him...

Schneider himself is over to take but he really overhit that and Eto'o takes it clear

German free kick on the touchline. Schneider bends it in and Song glances it over his own bar. Corner

As in all of their games, the Germans have started very well - but there's time yet for Cameroon

Klose plays a slide rule ball for Ballack bursting through the inside left channel - he has a chance to shoot but it's too high

Jankcer and Song chase a long ball. The German striker goes in with boot raised while Song tries to head it - Jancker ends up kicking Song and is booked

Jankcer dispossesses Wome but once again his pass is very poor

Another sliding challlenge from Foe, but this one is high and late on Frings - yellow card

Ballack finds Klose but Foe makes a well-timed sliding challenge on the German top scorer

Geremi whips in a free kick. Song goes up for it but Germany head away

And Ireland have scored through Robbie Keane. Pressure on Cameroon now - one more Irish goal and they could be out

Schneider finds Jancker, whose pass is rather worse but it's a very confident start from the Germans

Still the Germans in possession until Klose's flick evades Jancker and Geremi retrieves

Mboma heads it away but the Germans have the ball again

Wome penalised for a foul on Schneider. Ziege can cross again and Song slices it behind for a corner

But Ziege finds space on the left and whips in an early cross. Jancker meets it with a volley which is predictably way off target

No great rush from the start from the Germans - they're knocking the ball around in their own half

Germany kick off - they only need a draw.

Cameroon recall midfielder Solomon Olembe while Rudi Voller has picked an unchanged team - top scorer Miroslav Klose is fit.

So either the three-times World Champions or the African and Olympic Champions could be heading home early?

Fifteen minutes for Cameroon to save themselves as Geremi's ship just evades Ngom Kome

There was pushing in the box and the referee gives a free kick to Germany in the box. Cameroon never had a chance to take their free kick. Strange refereeing from the card-happy Spaniard

Frings brings down Ngom Kome - and that's the 14th booking of the game

Ballack and Ziege combined really well on the counter-attack -they almost played in Klose

Geremi swings it in, Lauren rises and heads against the post. It comes to Mboma - who also hits the post. Kahn gratefully gathers

Lauren gets past Ziege, who tuge him back. Lauren reacts but it is only Ziege who is booked

Ballack puts a tame shot wide, but it's still closer than Cameroon have come this half

Germany are looking much the more confident side now as Klose wins a free kick when Song trips him.

Bode had a chance to find Schneider there - poor ball, but the Germans are playing better with ten men (and without Jancker)

Geremi takes and Mboma wins the header, but he flicks it away from his onrushing team-mates

Kahn's poor kick finds Ngom Kome. He runs at Frings and is brought down. Will this free kick be better?

A rare spell of possession for the Germans - it gives them a break from defending

... but once again the set piece comes to nothing.

Lauren's shot hits Linke, comes back to the Arsneal man who finds Ngom Kome. Schneider brings him down on the edge of the box.

Ngom Kome puts in an appalling cross - it goes way behind the goal. Cameroon really can play much better than this

... and drives it straight into the wall. Terrible.

Wome eyes up the free kick...

And Cameroon make a change - Ngom Kome on for Olembe

Quick reations from Alioum to stop Geremi conceding a corner and Cameroon break. Metzelder brings down Mboma

Cameroon really need to do more with the ball - well as the Germands are defending, the Irish tested them rather more

Cameroon are about to bring on another sub - Daniel Ngom Kome, who started against the Saudis

And now Suffo's booked. 12 yellow cards from Mr Lopez Nieta, a referee with tinpot dictator tendencies

And Gary Breen puts Ireland 2-0 ahead against the Saudis. Cameroon now need to win

Cameroon have the ball - as they can expect to do for much of the game - but they are struggling to break the Germans down

Olembe brings down Schneider - and now he's booked. A harsh decision

The free kick's worked to Wome, but it's deflected into the wall and Kahn isn't tested

Cameroon have a free kick 40 yards out. Geremi takes it - and is booked for taking ot too quickly. Ten yellow cards now

Foe gives it away to Klose - chance for a counter attack? He finds Ballack and the return ball just evades the striker

Just the two defenders for Cameroon now, but they really need to create more chances.

And Cameroon make a change. Defender Bill Tchato is replaced by forward Patrick Suffo, who made his mark on Division 1 (or Derek McInnes' head, anyway)

Olembe sprints past Frings, but a goal kick is given when he thought he'd won a corner

Cameroon spread the play to Wome, but that's a terrible cross, straight to Kahn

Cameroon need to score twice now, and they're already warming up a sub

GOAL! A superb finish. He puts it across Alioum and into the bottom corner. What a substitution by Rudi Voller.

Klose wins the ball. He only has one man up with him but he picks out Bode...

Mboma makes a solo run, but Hamann dispossesses him

A scrappy start to this half - we've had several free kicks already

Geremi finds Lauren. The Germans cut out the cross but Cameroon continue to press until Song is penalised

Free kick for Cameroon as Ballack brings down Olembe

Bode is involved early on, winning a throw off Song, but Cameroon clear

Cameroon start the second half as Klose is alone in attack for Germany

And there's a change straight away. Marco Bode replaces Carsten Jancker. It's a defensive swap, though Jancker was ineffective in the first half (even by his own standards)

Will the Germans even try for a goal? Will Cameroon commit more men to attack now they're up against ten men? With the Irish leading, one of these teams is likely to go out...

And that's the half-time whistle. Cameroon 0 Germany 0 - 45 minutes of defending ahead for the Germans as the two teams rule themselves out of contention for the Fair Play Award

Geremi curls it over everyone for a goal kick...

Geremi takes, into the wall and it's a corner

A late free kick for Cameroon as Frings fouls Mboma.

Two extra minutes signalled. The result suits the Germans but Cameroon, of course, have a man advantage

The Germans look to have reverted to a back four with Ziege and Frings as orthodox full backs, though Ziege is well forward here - but Geremi wins the ball

Schneider puts in the free kick and Klose rises well to head over the bar. He's scored harder chances than that so far in this World Cup

Tchato hauls back Klose - and Bill Tchato is the latest caution in this foulfest

That came about from Kahn jumping knee first into Song after the whistle had gone

The whistle goes and Kahan and Song are annoyed with each other - there's some pushing there. Song is booked and so is Kahn.

The wall does its does job and deflects Mboma's shor behind

Mboma, Wome and Geremi are behind the free kick...

And he's off! Ramelow sent off for two clumsy challenges. He can have no complaints.

But the corner is easy for Cameroon and Alioum sets up a break. Eto'o charges forward from the half-way line, he rounds Ramelow ont he edge of the box and the lungeing German brings him down...

Ziege's long ball goes towards Jancker. Song wins the header but puts it behind for a corner. A lack of communication with Alioum there

Geremi takes it - but it's far too high and doesn't trouble Kahn

It's just about in shooting range for Cameroon. Geremi or Wome could have a go

And another. Ramelow hacks down Mboma from behind - yellow card

And Cameroon clear the corner and earn a free kick in the German half

Ziege bends it in... and Alioum's off his line, back-pedalling furiously and he gets a touch to stop it going in the top left corner.

Foe pushed him - he could have been sent off - but Ballack went down rather easily

Ziege and Schneider line it up as Ballack goes down on the edge of the box. This is turning into a bad-tempered clash

Klose wins a free kick from Wome by the right touchline now

He was injured in a clash with Wome - there was a suspicion the wing back landed on him there

Klose is down and Cameroon play the ball out so he can receive treatment

Mboma nips past the German defence only to be given offside - that looked a wrong decision

Late challenge from Ballack on Lauren - and now he's booked too

And Germany break with Schneider and Klose - hamann has a shot blocked

Eto'o and Mboma play a clever one-two. Eto'o passes to Lauren, who lines up a shot on the edge of the box but Ballack makes a great block

Hamann is booked for a foul on Foe - and he'll miss Germany's next game. But will it be in this World Cup?

Cameroon haven't created many chances but they should still have scored twice

One Cameroon corner produces a second, Linke clears but it comes back to Geremi who whips in a cross. Song comes in unmarked from five yards - and heads wide.

It's a really powerful inswinging shot. Kahn punches away but it rebounds off Metzelder and off for a corner. That could have gone anywhere - nearly an own goal

But they have a free kick on the right. Wome could take...

As things stand, Cameroon need to score to stay in the World Cup - and they've not been ambitious so far

Alioum claims a cross but Cameroon concede possession. Jancker sets up Klose - and his shot is blocked

Metzelder made a great run into space down the left wing there but his team-mates reverted to Plan A and whacked it at Jancker. It comes to the defender anyway and he earns a throw

There's something of a melee here - Song is off for treatment after Klose's boot connected with his face. Was it deliberate? The Cameroon skipper's bleeding

Schneider goes for a 50-yard shot - just over the bar but great vision

Chance for a German counter attack - until the ball reached Jancker... Passing really isn't his forte

Predictably, the free kick was aimed at Jancker but it was well defended

Another free kick for Germany - Wome fouls Schneider. The ever-pleasant German suggests his opponent should be booked. Referee Lopez disagrees

Ziege whips in a low cross but no one attacked it and it was a bit too near Alioum.

Hamann finds Schneider in the box. He looks for Jancker but Song intercepts. Cameroon counter attack and Olembe looks for Lauren. He's given offside but it's marginal.

Another foul by Foe on Jancker. He'll have to be careful after that early yellow card.

Cameroon are back in the game after their slow start, but neither side are committing too many men to attack - more 5-3-2 than 3-5-2 so far

The best chance of the game so far but Solomon Olembe really didn't look confident at all. Kahn stood up well - he's had an excellent tournament

... and he does. A tame finish, but the block comes back to Olembe. He goes for the tame cross this time but Kahn gets cocky and takes his eye off it - he almost drops it in his own net.

Olembe breaks through the German offside trap to meet Eto'o's pass. There's only Kahn to stop him...

Schneider himself is over to take but he really overhit that and Eto'o takes it clear

German free kick on the touchline. Schneider bends it in and Song glances it over his own bar. Corner

As in all of their games, the Germans have started very well - but there's time yet for Cameroon

Klose plays a slide rule ball for Ballack bursting through the inside left channel - he has a chance to shoot but it's too high

Jankcer and Song chase a long ball. The German striker goes in with boot raised while Song tries to head it - Jancker ends up kicking Song and is booked

Jankcer dispossesses Wome but once again his pass is very poor

Another sliding challlenge from Foe, but this one is high and late on Frings - yellow card

Ballack finds Klose but Foe makes a well-timed sliding challenge on the German top scorer

Geremi whips in a free kick. Song goes up for it but Germany head away

And Ireland have scored through Robbie Keane. Pressure on Cameroon now - one more Irish goal and they could be out

Schneider finds Jancker, whose pass is rather worse but it's a very confident start from the Germans

Still the Germans in possession until Klose's flick evades Jancker and Geremi retrieves

Mboma heads it away but the Germans have the ball again

Wome penalised for a foul on Schneider. Ziege can cross again and Song slices it behind for a corner

But Ziege finds space on the left and whips in an early cross. Jancker meets it with a volley which is predictably way off target

No great rush from the start from the Germans - they're knocking the ball around in their own half

Germany kick off - they only need a draw.

Cameroon recall midfielder Solomon Olembe while Rudi Voller has picked an unchanged team - top scorer Miroslav Klose is fit.

So either the three-times World Champions or the African and Olympic Champions could be heading home early?