....Kahn to stay despite demotion
4/10/2006 10:44:42 AM
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Oliver Kahn said he will stay on Germany's World Cup team Monday, despite his demotion to No. 2 behind Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.
Lehmann was given the job of starter Friday by coach Juergen Klinsmann.
"I think it's important for the team that I am there during the World Cup," said Kahn, who was Germany's No. 1 goalkeeper at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
Kahn assured Klinsmann, Lehmann and the rest of the team of his full support and said he would prepare himself to be in the best shape for the June 9-July 9 tournament.
"You never know what can happen," Kahn told a nationally televised news conference in Munich. "I accept Klinsmann's decision. What we need now is a positive atmosphere and we have to put behind us these endless discussions."