Wednesday, June 5 in Ibaraki (7:30 am ET) Group E: GERMANY (1-0-0, 3 pts.) vs. IRELAND (0-1-0, 1 pt.) (TV: Live, ESPN2, Univision 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 3 pm ET/PT; Tape, June 6, 3 pm, ESPN Classic) Germany put to rest any doubts that it would not being a factor, putting eight goals past Saudi Arabia in the opener. Veteran Jens Jeremies, who came on after halftime of the Saudi rout, could start in midfield. To get more power into the attack, the Irish might start Niall Quinn in place of Damien Duff. ROSTERS: Germany 1 KAHN Oliver, 2 LINKE Thomas, 3 REHMER Marko, 4 BAUMANN Frank, 5 RAMELOW Carsten, 6 ZIEGE Christian, 7 NEUVILLE Oliver, 8 HAMANN Dietmar, 9 JANCKER Carsten, 10 RICKEN Lars, 11 KLOSE Miroslav, 12 LEHMANN Jens, 13 BALLACK Michael, 14 ASAMOAH Gerald, 15 KEHL Sebastian, 16 JEREMIES Jens, 17 BODE Marco, 18 BOEHME Joerg, 19 SCHNEIDER Bernd, 20 BIERHOFF Oliver, 21 METZELDER Christoph, 22 FRINGS Torsten, 23 BUTT Hans-Joerg. Ireland 1 GIVEN Shay, 2 FINNAN Steve, 3 HARTE Ian, 4 CUNNINGHAM Kenny, 5 STAUNTON Steve, 6 KEANE Roy, 7 MCATEER Jason, 8 HOLLAND Matt, 9 DUFF Damien, 10 KEANE Robbie, 11 KILBANE Kevin, 12 KINSELLA Mark, 13 CONNOLLY David, 14 BREEN Gary, 15 DUNNE Richard, 16 KIELY Dean, 17 QUINN Niall, 18 KELLY Gary, 19 MORRISON Clinton, 20 O BRIEN Andy, 21 REID Steven, 22 CARSLEY Lee, 23 KELLY Alan. YELLOW CARDS: Germany — Ziege, Hamann; Ireland — McAteer, Finnan, Reid. REFEREE: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark). NUMBER: 8 Germany's eight goals against Saudi Arabia in its opener were the most in its 79 World Cup games.