World Cup 2006 Final Italy vs France

Italy beat France 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup after an absorbing 1-1 draw in Berlin.

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Fabio Grosso scored the winning penalty after France's David Trezeguet missed.

Playing his last game before retiring, Zinedine Zidane's career ended in disgrace after he was sent off for crazily headbutting Marco Materazzi.

Zidane had put France ahead early on with a coolly-taken chipped penalty, before Materazzi levelled with a header from an Andrea Pirlo corner.

The result caps an incredible period for Italian football, with the domestic game embroiled in a corruption scandal similar to 1982 when they last won the World Cup.

They have now won the competition four times, one fewer than Brazil, and it was the first time they managed to win a World Cup match on penalties after three failed attempts.

It was Zidane's last meaningful contribution to the French cause as with 10 minutes left of extra-time, his professional career ended in shameful circumstances.

He became involved in a dispute with Materazzi and, inexplicably, headbutted the Italian in the chest.

After the assistant referee informed referee Horacio Elizondo of the incident, the Argentine was left with no choice but to send Zidane off.

His team-mates looked shell-shocked, but they held on to force penalties for only the second time in a World Cup final after Italy lost to Brazil in 1994.

Pirlo, Materazzi, Daniele de Rossi, Alessandro del Piero and Grosso made no mistake as Italy became the most successful European country in World Cup history.

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[afg96]

@HyaenaRidens Well you see knowledgeable enough. Do you agree that Zidane did the right thing?

[afg96]

@HyaenaRidens Ok bro, but still that wasn't a good thing to say. I'm sure that if Zidane would of said the same thing that Materazzi said. Materazzi would of done the same thing. The fact of the matter is that, Italy pretended like nothing happened, and blamed everything on Zidane.

[HyaenaRidens]

@afg96 No, this is an old hoax by The Guardian, showing much ignorance on the Italian society. In Italy, an epithet like “terrorist” is much weaker than in the UK or in the US, and would add nothing to such a *mortal* offence like “whore” or would even sound ridiculous. Materazzi offended Zidane’s sister.

[afg96]

How does France suck? Do you even know what Materazzi even said to Zedan? He called his son of a terrorist whore.

[Laricev]

(french) haters gonna hate. So funny x)

[49fiori]

correction: Zidane's career is NOT disgrace, Materazzi's IS.

[yuhin90]

@TheAfricanWarrior283 but we have to remember that they once ruled Europe as Romans

[50Dini]

i remeber this  O M G !!!!!!!!!!

[Impulsecreative]

france sucks. ITALIA FTW

[gamra]

classic final goals penalties red card headbutt  fantastic