"I'm happy that it works out well but it was a lot of hard work and we also had a bit of luck."
Germany coach Rudi Voeller said he wanted to see an improvement in the semi-finals.
"I'm happy to reach the semi-finals but I'm not 100%
happy because we didn't start so well and we didn't play as I
wanted us to.
"They put a lot of pressure on us and we didn't get our
combination play going.
"Before the World Cup, no one thought we had any chance of doing well, or surviving the first round. We've proved them wrong and I'm happy to have done that.
"We have a very young team but we will have to improve in the semi-finals."
Kahn, who turned 33 last Sunday, played down the importance of his display.
"I'm just happy to have played my part in the victory," he
"I have a group in front of me who fought very hard for