Italy - Final Redemption

Italy - Final Redemption Italy's campaign in the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany was accompanied by open pessimism[15] due to the controversy caused by the 2006 Serie A scandal. These negative predictions were then refuted, as the Azzurri eventually won their fourth World Cup.

Italy won their opening game against Ghana 2-0, with goals from Andrea Pirlo (40') and substitute Vincenzo Iaquinta (83'). The team performance was judged the best among the opening games by FIFA president Sepp Blatter[16].

The second match was a less convincing 11 draw with USA, with Alberto Gilardino's diving header equalized by a Cristian Zaccardo own goal. After the equalizer, midfielder Daniele De Rossi and the USA's Pablo Mastroeni and Eddie Pope were sent off, leaving only nine men on the field for nearly the entirety of the second half, but the score remained unchanged despite a controversial decision when Gennaro Gattuso's shot was deflected in but disallowed because of a shady offside. The same happened at the other end when U.S. winger DaMarcus Beasley's goal was not given due to teammate Brian McBride being in an offside position. De Rossi was suspended for four matches for elbowing McBride in the face and could only return for the final match.

Italy finished first in Group E with a 20 win against the Czech Republic, with goals from defender Marco Materazzi (26') and striker Filippo Inzaghi (87'), advancing to the Round of 16 in the knockout stages, where they faced Australia. In this match, Materazzi was sent off early in the second half (53') after an attempted two-footed tackle on Australian midfielder Marco Bresciano. In stoppage time a penalty kick was controversially awarded to the Italians after Fabio Grosso dove after "making contact" with Australian defender Lucas Neill who was laying on the ground. Francesco Totti converted it with a powerful blast past Mark Schwarzer for a 10 win. [17]

In the quarterfinals Italy beat Ukraine 30. Gianluca Zambrotta opened the scoring early (6') with a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area after a quick exchange with Totti created enough space. Luca Toni added two more goals in the second half (59' and 69'), as Ukraine pressed forward but were not able to score, hitting the crossbar and requiring several saves from Buffon and a goal-line clearance from Zambrotta. Afterwards, manager Marcello Lippi dedicated the victory to former Italian international Gianluca Pessotto, who was in the hospital recovering from an apparent suicide attempt.[18]

In the semi-final, Italy beat host country Germany 20 with the two goals coming in the last two minutes of extra time. After an exciting, back-and-forth half hour of extra time during which Gilardino and Zambrotta struck the post and the crossbar respectively, Grosso scored in the 119th minute after a disguised Pirlo pass found him open in the penalty area for a bending left-footed shot into the far corner past German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann's dive. Substitute striker Alessandro Del Piero then sealed the victory by scoring with the last kick of the game at the end of a swift counterattack by Cannavaro, Totti and Gilardino.[19]

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[HOLLAscootershooter]

OKAY will someone please let everyone know what the music is?

[bbianchi9]

@HOLLAscootershooter  type in sad piano song on youtube

[someone12361]

oh i will cry

when italy took world cup

it was the best day in my life

[Xemi129]

very good video 5*

what u say about mine ? :)

[KochisarliHD6]

one of the best videos ever made. Grazie!!

Greetz from Turk

[hayastanimerkir]

I know the name of the piano Gundam Seed - Kimi No Boku

enjoy people

[fabregas111]

@fabregas111 not gonna argue , but tbh most teams dive? :L yeah italy have an old reputation for diving, look at the present now?, anyway every team no matter what country you're from will dive for your team and thats a fact haha :)

[Pepsimaximo1]

@fabregas111 you still believe they don't dive? ...how embarrassing :/

[fabregas111]

@Pepsimaximo1 looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ol , nice my friend , shame its not true :\

[Pepsimaximo1]

they dived their way to another world cup, congrats!

[wanqas]

biggest dive against australia

[GabRQ7]

Great Video! ;)

[PortaleBianconero]

I got goosebumps!

[trowavo]

@HOLLAscootershooter it's one of the songs from gundam seed