Oliver Kahn for the competition; despite their acrimonious pre-tournament battle for Germany's starting role, Kahn openly accepted Klinsmann's decision. Kahn and Lehmann embraced and shook hands as the former offered words of encouragement before the quarter-final penalty shoot-out against Argentina. In the postgame conference, Kahn publicly praised Lehmann for his two decisive penalty saves. After Germany was eliminated in the semi-finals by Italy, Kahn was given the start for the third place play-off held on 8 July 2006, which Germany won 3–1 against Portugal. In what was his last international appearance for Germany, he also received the captaincy of the team in
Sammy Kahn and "Oliver Beene" (2004), as well as the FOX pilot for "Loveland". Kahn's film work includes starring roles in Beethoven's 5th (2003) and Lenny the Wonder Dog (2005), and a minor role in The Celestine Prophecy (2006). Kahn is from Hollywood,Florida. He attended Jacobson Sinai Academy, a Jewish day school, in Florida, and later was home-schooled by the Laurel Springs School. After his sojourn in Hollywood from 2001 to 2005, he finished high school back home in Florida. Sammy Kahn Sammy Kahn (born March 30, 1994) is an American actor. He began acting in the late 1990s in community theater