Italy and France draw 1-1; Italy wins FIFA World Cup on penalties
{{date|July 9, 2006}}

[[Image:World Cup 2006 logo.png|left|50px]] Italy converted five immaculate penalties to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup after a drawn game and thirty minutes of extra-time in the spectacular arena of the Olympiastadion Berlin, Sunday.

[[Image:Berlin Olympiastadion nach Umbau.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Olympiastadion]]

French captain [[w:Zinedine Zidane|Zinedine Zidane]] did not help his team when, 20 minutes into extra time, he lost control of his emotions and got a red card after ramming his head into the chest of Italian player [[w:Marco Materazzi|Marco Materazzi]]. 

The game was closely contested with the play makers on both sides - Andrea Pirlo and Zidane, on his last game before retirement - not getting much space with which to dominate the play. For Italy and France Gennaro Gattuso and Claude Makelele tackled hard. 

However; both creative midfield stars made important contributions to the only goals of the game. Zidane converted a chipped penalty after five minutes while Pirlo's magnificent corner, a quarter of an hour later, thundered into the net off Marco Materazzi's head.

Materazzi had previously conceded the penalty when he tapped Florent Malouda on his ankle as he ran past him in the penalty area.

In the first half Italy's left and right defensive backs Gianluca Zambrotta and Fabio Grosso penetrated down the French flanks. But after the break France came out the strongest. The flow of the game was disrupted when Patrick Viera pulled-up injured and Marcello Lippi made two substitutions on the hour. A deadlock resulted as teams tired and individuals battled for every ball without thinking too hard about constructing team attacks.

Materazzi was never far from the action in the final and though Italy had 55 percent of ball possession was one of the busier players on the pitch. France were slightly more potent offensively with 13 shots - out-shooting the Azzurri by eight attempts.

[[Image:Fifa world cup org.jpg|left|150px|thumb|FIFA 2006 World Cup winner: Italy]]

In Extra Time France came closest to a goal - Zidane, unmarked, headed to goal from 12 yards but was tipped over one-handed by Gianluigi Buffon. 

Zidane's next contribution to the game was not so graceful and appeared to be sparked by the close marking of the ubiquitous Materazzi. After a verbal altercation the 34-year-old turned around and drove his head violently into the Italian's upper chest. 

Materazzi was knocked backwards on the floor but the incident occurred off the ball and was not immediately noticed by the referee or his assistants. Buffon soon ran out of his penalty area to an assistant referee and the game was stopped. 

Horacio Elizondo ran to the touchline to consult with officials and returned waving a [http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/fifa/20060709/i/1120612453.jpg red card] for the violent conduct of Zidane. It is likely FIFA used information from fourth and fifth official to confirm the decision. However [[w:FIFA|FIFA]] denied video evidence claims alleged by France team's coach [[w:Raymond Domenech|Raymond Domenech]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/france/5164616.stm</ref>.

The headbutt and red card was Zidane's last action in football as he had said he would retire after the tournament.

A penalty shootout was necessary to decide the winner. Eight shots went in; David Trezeguet missed the one that mattered. His shot hit the crossbar and unlike Zidane's penalty in the first half, bounced down inches the wrong side of the goal line.

While Zidane was hanging his boots up Marco Materazzi scored Italy's third. Grosso, who in the second round had won a last minute penalty against Australia, powered in the fifth to give Italy the cup.

The only goal Marcello Lippi's Italy conceded during free play in the tournament proved to be an own goal from Cristian Zaccardo against the United States of America. 

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro, on the occasion of his 100th cap, was instrumental in their defensive achievement. Amid wild scenes of joy on the pitch he jumped onto the podium and lifted the trophy, the fourth of Italy's history.

'''Post match celebrations'''

Following the match the streets and plazas of Italy were filled with celebrating fans, with flags waving from thousands of cars and motorbikes.
* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Image:Winning_penalty_italy_2006_in_florence.gif Celebrations in Florence for the winning penalty]
*[http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Image:Street_celebrations_florence_world_cup_2006.gif Celebrations on the streets of Florence after the win by Italy]

==Final==

'''Match 64'''
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Attendance: 69'000

==Penalties==

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Image:Flag of France.svg|40px|bottom]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Notes
|style="text-align: left;"|Result
|
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|35px|bottom]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Notes
|style="text-align: left;"|Result
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|
|style="text-align: left;"|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|style="text-align: left;"|Pirlo
|style="text-align: left;"|''High center''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.svg|12px]]
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Wiltord
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard to left''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.svg|12px]]
|
|style="text-align: left;"|Materazzi
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard to left''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.svg|12px]]
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Trezeguet
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hit crossbar right''
|style="text-align: center;"|X
|
|style="text-align: left;"|De Rossi
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard high right''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.svg|12px]]
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Abidal
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard to right''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.svg|12px]]
|
|style="text-align: left;"|Del Piero
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard high right''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.svg|12px]]
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Sagnol
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard center''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.svg|12px]]
|
|style="text-align: left;"|Grosso
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard high left''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.svg|12px]]
|-
|}

''Notes are from the '''goalkeeper's''' view.''

==Formations==
===France===
[[Image:Flag of France.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|- <!--Add five to create new line  -->
|
|
|
|
|
|- <!--Goalkeeper -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Fabien Barthez (GK)
|
|
|-  <!--Defenders -->
|style="text-align: center;"|Eric Abidal
|style="text-align: center;"|Liliam Thuram
|
|style="text-align: center;"|William Gallas
|style="text-align: center;"|Willy Sagnol 12'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|- <!--Defensive midfield players -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Claude Makelele 76'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|
|-  <!-- Midfield players / Wingers -->
|style="text-align: center;"|Florent Malouda 111'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Patrick Viera
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Franck Ribery
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
|
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Zinedine Zidane(C) [[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] 110'[[image:Red card.svg|10px]]
|
|-   <!-- Strikers -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Thierry Henry
|
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 56' Alou Diarra for Viera
* 100' David Trezeguet for Ribery
* 107' Sylvain Wiltord for Henry

Coach: Raymond Domenech

[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''
----

===Italy===
[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-  <!-- Goalkeeper -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Gianluigi Buffon (GK)
|
|
|-   <!-- Defenders -->
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Fabio Cannavaro (C)
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Marco Materazzi [[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] 
|
|-  <!-- Defensive midfield player -->
|style="text-align: center;"|Gianluca Zambrotta 5'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Gennaro Gattuso
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Fabio Grosso
|-   <!-- Midfield player / Wingers -->
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Mauro Camoranesi 
|style="text-align: center;"|Andrea Pirlo
|style="text-align: center;"|Simone Perrotta
|
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Francesco Totti
|
|
|-  <!-- Strikers -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|Luca Toni
|
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 61' Vincenzo Iaquinta for Francesco Totti
* 61' Daniele De Rossi for Perrotta
* 86' Alessandro Del Piero for Camoranesi

Coach: Marcello Lippi

[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''

==Officials==
[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|25px]] Referee: Elizondo, Horacio [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[image:Red card.svg|10px]]

[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: García, Dario

[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Otero, Rodolfo

[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|15px]] Fourth referee: Luís Centalejo Medina

[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|15px]] Fifth referee:  Victoriano Carrasco Giraldez

==Related news==

[[Germany beat Portugal 3-1 to take FIFA World Cup bronze]]

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991652.stm
|title= France 1-1 Italy (aet)
|author= 
|pub=BBC Online
|date=July 9, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/match/64/mr.html
|title= FIFA match report 
|author= 
|pub= FIFA
|date=July 9, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060707/1/8n4f.html
|title= Germany 2006 analysis: The tactics
|author= 
|pub= FIFA
|date=July 7, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/france/5164616.stm
|title= FIFA denies video evidence claims
|author= 
|pub=BBC Online
|date=July 10, 2006}}

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50px Italy converted five immaculate penalties to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup after a drawn game and thirty minutes of extra-time in the spectacular arena of the Olympiastadion Berlin, Sunday.

Olympiastadion

French captain Zinedine Zidane did not help his team when, 20 minutes into extra time, he lost control of his emotions and got a red card after ramming his head into the chest of Italian player Marco Materazzi. 

The game was closely contested with the play makers on both sides - Andrea Pirlo and Zidane, on his last game before retirement - not getting much space with which to dominate the play. For Italy and France Gennaro Gattuso and Claude Makelele tackled hard. 

However; both creative midfield stars made important contributions to the only goals of the game. Zidane converted a chipped penalty after five minutes while Pirlo's magnificent corner, a quarter of an hour later, thundered into the net off Marco Materazzi's head.

Materazzi had previously conceded the penalty when he tapped Florent Malouda on his ankle as he ran past him in the penalty area.

In the first half Italy's left and right defensive backs Gianluca Zambrotta and Fabio Grosso penetrated down the French flanks. But after the break France came out the strongest. The flow of the game was disrupted when Patrick Viera pulled-up injured and Marcello Lippi made two substitutions on the hour. A deadlock resulted as teams tired and individuals battled for every ball without thinking too hard about constructing team attacks.

Materazzi was never far from the action in the final and though Italy had 55 percent of ball possession was one of the busier players on the pitch. France were slightly more potent offensively with 13 shots - out-shooting the Azzurri by eight attempts.

FIFA 2006 World Cup winner: Italy

In Extra Time France came closest to a goal - Zidane, unmarked, headed to goal from 12 yards but was tipped over one-handed by Gianluigi Buffon. 

Zidane's next contribution to the game was not so graceful and appeared to be sparked by the close marking of the ubiquitous Materazzi. After a verbal altercation the 34-year-old turned around and drove his head violently into the Italian's upper chest. 

Materazzi was knocked backwards on the floor but the incident occurred off the ball and was not immediately noticed by the referee or his assistants. Buffon soon ran out of his penalty area to an assistant referee and the game was stopped. 

Horacio Elizondo ran to the touchline to consult with officials and returned waving a  red card for the violent conduct of Zidane. It is likely FIFA used information from fourth and fifth official to confirm the decision. However FIFA denied video evidence claims alleged by France team's coach Raymond Domenech.

The headbutt and red card was Zidane's last action in football as he had said he would retire after the tournament.

A penalty shootout was necessary to decide the winner. Eight shots went in; David Trezeguet missed the one that mattered. His shot hit the crossbar and unlike Zidane's penalty in the first half, bounced down inches the wrong side of the goal line.

While Zidane was hanging his boots up Marco Materazzi scored Italy's third. Grosso, who in the second round had won a last minute penalty against Australia, powered in the fifth to give Italy the cup.

The only goal Marcello Lippi's Italy conceded during free play in the tournament proved to be an own goal from Cristian Zaccardo against the United States of America. 

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro, on the occasion of his 100th cap, was instrumental in their defensive achievement. Amid wild scenes of joy on the pitch he jumped onto the podium and lifted the trophy, the fourth of Italy's history.

'Post match celebrations'

Following the match the streets and plazas of Italy were filled with celebrating fans, with flags waving from thousands of cars and motorbikes.
*  Celebrations in Florence for the winning penalty
* Celebrations on the streets of Florence after the win by Italy

Attendance: 69'000

Notes are from the 'goalkeeper's' view.


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

Fabien Barthez (GK)

Eric Abidal

Liliam Thuram

William Gallas

Willy Sagnol 12'10px

Claude Makelele 76'10px

Florent Malouda 111'10px

Patrick Viera

Franck Ribery

Zinedine Zidane(C) 12px 110'10px

Thierry Henry

Substitutes
* 56' Alou Diarra for Viera
* 100' David Trezeguet for Ribery
* 107' Sylvain Wiltord for Henry

Coach: Raymond Domenech

12px denotes one goal scored.
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Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

Gianluigi Buffon (GK)

Fabio Cannavaro (C)

Marco Materazzi 12px 

Gianluca Zambrotta 5'10px

Gennaro Gattuso

Fabio Grosso

Mauro Camoranesi 

Andrea Pirlo

Simone Perrotta

Francesco Totti

Luca Toni

Substitutes
* 61' Vincenzo Iaquinta for Francesco Totti
* 61' Daniele De Rossi for Perrotta
* 86' Alessandro Del Piero for Camoranesi

Coach: Marcello Lippi

12px denotes one goal scored.

20px Assistant referee: García, Dario

20px Assistant referee: Otero, Rodolfo

15px Fourth referee: Luís Centalejo Medina

15px Fifth referee:  Victoriano Carrasco Giraldez

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