Ireland Check Germany 1-1 with Last Minute Goal

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Ireland Check Germany 1-1 with Last Minute Goal

Robbie Keane slashed home in the last minute to earn Ireland's 1-1 tie with Germany in World Cup Group E on Wednesday.

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Robbie Keane slashed home in the last minute to earn Ireland's 1-1 tie with Germany in World Cup Group E on Wednesday.

With Germany leading for 76 minutes and headed for a second round berth, Keane charged into the penalty area to beat German keeper Oliver Khan.

Miroslava Klose, who scored a hat-trick in Germany's 8-0 thrashing of Saudi Arabia last Saturday, struck his fourth goal in this tournament with a strong header at the 19th minute. Teams: Germany (3-5-2): 1-Oliver Kahn; 2-Thomas Linke, 5-Carsten Ramelow, 21-Christoph Metzelder; 22-Torsten Frings, 8-Dietmar Hamann, 19-Bernd Schneider (16-Jens Jeremies 90), 13-Michael Ballack, 6-Christian Ziege; 11-Miroslav Klose (17-Marco Bode 85),9-Carsten Jancker (20-Oliver Bierhoff 75)

Ireland (4-4-2): 1-Shay Given; 18-Gary Kelly (17-Niall Quinn 73), 14-Gary Breen, 5-Steve Staunton (4-Kenny Cunningham 88), 3-Ian Harte (21-Steven Reid 73); 2-Steve Finnan, 8-Matt Holland,12-Mark Kinsella, 11-Kevin Kilbane; 9-Damien Duff, 10-Robbie Keane.

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