Germany vs Argentina Argentina took the lead in the 49th minute with a header from
Roberto Ayala after a corner from the right by
Juan Román Riquelme, but the South Americans’ goalkeeper
Roberto Abbondanzieri was injured after the goal and his replacement
Leo Franco was unable to stop
Miroslav Klose from equalizing with a header from six yards out to the left with ten minutes left in regulation time. The match went to extra time. With no goals scored, the semifinal spot came down to penalties, during which German goalkeeper
Jens Lehmann was seen looking at a piece of paper kept in his sock before each Argentinian player would come forward for a penalty kick. Lehmann had researched the penalty taking habits of seven players on the Argentinian team. However, only two players on his list ended up taking a penalty that day. On the attempts by those two players, Lehmann saved one and came close to saving the other. He then had to guess on
Esteban Cambiasso's kick since he did not have any information written on his list about Cambiasso. However, he derived an educated guess from the videos he had studied and pretended to read the piece of paper and nodded his head before putting it away, implying to Cambiasso that he did in fact have information on the kicker. Lehmann guessed correctly and saved the penalty, thus winning the shootout for Germany. "Lehmann's list" became so popular in the annals of German football history that it is now in the
Haus der Geschichte museum.
Italy vs Ukraine England vs Portugal Brazil vs France Defending world champions Brazil went out in the quarter-finals after
Zinedine Zidane found an unmarked
Thierry Henry from a free kick, the striker having been given a free run at the ball after his marker,
Roberto Carlos, stopped to tie his shoe. ==Semi-finals==