Date: 09-07-2006
Stage: final
Place: BERLIN
Running time: 213 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: ***
Notes: available 3 add. DVD: pre-match, after-match, Rome festival 10. July
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 09 July 2006, 20:00
Berliner Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 69,000
Meteo: Clear, warm, 22°C
ITALY
Gianluigi Buffon
Fabio Cannavaro (c)
Fabio Grosso
Marco Materazzi
Gianluca Zambrotta
Mauro Camoranesi
Gennaro Gattuso
Simone Perrotta
Andrea Pirlo
Luca Toni
Francesco Totti
Coach: Marcello Lippi (ITA)
5′ Gianluca Zambrotta
61′ ↓Francesco Totti ↑Daniele De Rossi
61′ ↓Simone Perrotta ↑Vincenzo Iaquinta
86′ ↓Mauro Camoranesi ↑Alessandro Del Piero
FRANCE
Fabien Barthez
Eric Abidal
William Gallas
Willy Sagnol
Lilian Thuram
Claude Makélélé
Franck Ribéry
Patrick Vieira
Zinédine Zidane (c)
Thierry Henry
Florent Malouda
Coach: Raymond Domenech (FRA)
12′ Willy Sagnol
76′ Alou Diarra
110′ Zinédine Zidane
111′ Florent Malouda
56′ ↓Patrick Vieira ↑Alou Diarra
100′ ↓Franck Ribéry ↑David Trézéguet
107′ ↓Thierry Henry ↑Sylvain Wiltord
Referee: Horacio Marcelo Elizondo (ARG)
Goals:
7′ Zinédine Zidane (penalty) (France)
19′ Marco Materazzi (Italy)
Match overview
Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final after defeating France in a dramatic penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw in regular and extra time. Zinedine Zidane scored an early penalty for France but was sent off late in extra time after a notorious incident. The match was held at the Berliner Olympiastadion in Berlin under clear and warm conditions.
Trivia
This final marked Zinedine Zidane’s last professional match, ending with a red card after a headbutt incident. Italy claimed their fourth World Cup title, their first victory via penalty shootout. The match also closed a significant chapter in Italian football history during a period of scandal.
