00:00Andy Muller in midfield and defender Thomas Helmer made his first appearance at this World Cup
00:04as Germany made four changes.
00:06Iran stuck with the team which beat the United States.
00:09Our commentator is Tony Gubba.
00:14Five is Helmer.
00:19Vaughan's.
00:20Here's Kohler.
00:23Klinsmann's made a run up front.
00:25Kohler's tried to find him.
00:29Oh, Oliver Bierhoff with the first chance of the match.
00:35Just under four minutes in arriving.
00:40Hit it first time on the volley.
00:43And got right underneath it.
00:51It's Azizi, number 11.
00:55Nine is Esteli.
01:00Azizi.
01:01Oh, that's a foul.
01:03Unceremoniously dumped on the floor.
01:11Vaughan's with an untidy challenge which has brought just a word of rebuke.
01:23They got it through and it comes back from the keeper.
01:27And Ma Davikiya arriving almost quick enough to poach that one from Kopke's mishandling.
01:41And they certainly know the way to goal as well as well.
01:43Good ball for Ma Daviki and Kopke had to come out of his area.
01:52It's certainly got pace.
01:54And they certainly know the way to goal as well.
02:03Here's Thomas Hessler.
02:06Ignores Heinrich.
02:08Bierhoff gets it back into the six-yard box.
02:11Heinrich arrived.
02:13Didn't get a connection.
02:16Ten is Dai.
02:20Bagieri, number six.
02:24He's got Azizi ahead of him.
02:27Here's Azizi.
02:31Trying to keep his feet under the challenge of Kola.
02:34Well, Kola's risking the wrath of the referee because he applauded the decision in a manner which suggested he was
02:43of a completely different opinion.
02:50Squared for number six, Bagieri.
02:53Oh, well, it got through, but there was a flag up indeed for offside against somebody who'd stolen forward through
03:00the legs of the man who was in the offside position.
03:08Lothar Matthäus and some sections of the German crowd are giving their team the bird.
03:15Olaf Thorn.
03:17Tarnat.
03:18But have they been too long in the build-up?
03:22It needed to stick with Bierhoff poaching.
03:26Abedzadi in Iran's goal made sure that it did.
03:36Here's Heinrich.
03:40Hessler.
03:43That's a good ball.
03:44Bierhoff.
03:50Well, you know how much it means to him.
03:53You know how much it means to Germany as well.
03:57Because they've struggled for the first 50 minutes of this game against Iran to create a really decent chance.
04:05But that cross from Hessler was an absolute teaser.
04:08Too far, really, for the keeper to come.
04:11And well won by the jump of Oliver Bierhoff, who scored in the match against Yugoslavia, the 2-2 draw.
04:18As his first real header that he's been able to win against Chapo and Mohamed Chani, the two defenders.
04:25Germany lead 1-0.
04:261-0.
04:33Helmer.
04:38Matthias.
04:40For Heinrich.
04:42Oh, he's at the post, Bierhoff at Klinsmann.
04:482-0 Germany.
04:5012 minutes gone in the second half.
04:52And the front two with a brace of goals between them.
04:59Nicely headed back by Heinrich for the initial shot by Bierhoff, which came back off the woodwork.
05:07Klinsmann the prime goal poacher.
05:15Minervan gets it back to number 20.
05:18Fashezade.
05:19But Germany now extending themselves.
05:22Klinsmann.
05:23Oh, it's Cannon into Klinsmann's path.
05:26Bierhoff has the shots.
05:32Germany don't seem to be doing much different from the way they played in the first 45 minutes.
05:37But there's a lot more happening for them.
05:48It's Kirsten, number 9, just on as a substitute for Germany.
05:53And Iran can bring it out through number 21, Minervan.
06:02They have got players in the middle if Dayi looks up.
06:11Trying to tee it up for somebody, and here's Azizi.
06:16Cannoned off the heels of Dayi.
06:23Shot from Madhavikia.
06:33Bierhoff for Kirsten has pushed him a little bit wide.
06:37There's time and space to retrieve it and deliver a decent cross for Bierhoff.
06:41The header's down.
06:43It's also bounced wide.
06:51I think the bounce would have carried it too high anyway, even if it had been on target.
07:00Just a couple of minutes left.
07:01Back to Azizi.
07:03Now a chance here, perhaps.
07:05Oh, he's lost control, has he?
07:13He's popped up in that wide right position a couple of times.
07:18Madhavikia.
07:19Had a shot earlier.
07:25Germany to defend this corner.
07:28Klinsmann back in his own penalty area.
07:31Handball.
07:32Freak it.
07:46Kirsten missed a touch.
07:48It's given out to her man.
07:52He's got Ziga wide, but he wants to have a crack himself.
07:55Beaten down.
07:57But right to the feet of Kirsten.
07:59But the flag has gone up.
08:04A disappointment for Ulrich Kirsten of Weyer-Leverkusen.
08:09But Germany's still looking for the third goal.
08:15And we're into added on time.
08:20Just one international goal so far for Dietmar Hammann, who plays at Bayern Munich.
08:26In half a dozen internationals before France 98.
08:33But the third goal for Germany is wiped off for offside.
08:45Madhavikia.
08:50Referee wants the ball.
08:51He's going to blow the whistle.
08:54Well, Germany, as you suspected they would, did just enough.
09:00Iran, in truth, weren't good enough.
09:03Just a shadow of the team that played against the United States.
09:07Maybe here tonight not quite so politically motivated.
09:11But the three times winners of the tournament have a tradition of getting stronger as the event progresses.
09:18And maybe they're saving their best for the later stages.
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