Oliver Kahn of the tournament that Kahn became the starting goalkeeper. Two years after the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, in which defending champions Germany made an embarrassing exit in the group stage, Kahn received the squad's captaincy, succeeding the striker Oliver Bierhoff. Kahn experienced one of his worst performances in his international career against England in Munich in 2001. Germany were favoured to win as they had beaten England 1–0 in 2000 at the Wembley Stadium. However, they were routed 5–1, including a hat-trick by Michael Owen. Despite the defeat, Germany qualified for the World Cup after winning a playoff against
Madeline Kahn Madeline Kahn Madeline Gail Kahn (born Madeline Gail Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, voice actress, and singer, known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including "What's Up, Doc?" (1972), "Young Frankenstein" (1974), "High Anxiety" (1977), "History of the World, Part I" (1981), and her Academy Award-nominated roles in "Paper Moon" (1973) and "Blazing Saddles" (1974). Kahn made her Broadway debut in "Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968", and received Tony Award nominations for the play "In the Boom Boom Room" in 1974 and for the original