2006: Fourth World Cup title Italy national football team

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within crowd in circus maximus in rome, after italian team scored against france.



italian president napolitano congratulates coach lippi , captain cannavaro after final match against france. berlin, 9 july 2006.


the summer of 2004 marked choice, figc, appoint marcello lippi italy s bench. made debut in upset 2–0 defeat in iceland managed qualify 2006 world cup. italy s campaign in tournament hosted germany accompanied open pessimism due controversy caused 2006 serie scandal, these negative predictions refuted, azzurri won fourth world cup.


italy won opening game against ghana 2–0, goals andrea pirlo (40th minute) , substitute vincenzo iaquinta (83rd minute). team performance judged best among opening games fifa president sepp blatter.


the second match less convincing 1–1 draw united states, alberto gilardino s diving header equalized cristian zaccardo own goal. after equaliser, midfielder daniele de rossi , united states s pablo mastroeni , eddie pope sent off, leaving 9 men on field entirety of second half, score remained unchanged despite controversial decision when gennaro gattuso s shot deflected in disallowed because of offside ruling. same happened @ other end when u.s. winger damarcus beasley s goal not given due teammate brian mcbride being ruled offside. de rossi suspended 4 matches elbowing mcbride in face , return final match.


italy finished first in group e 2–0 win against czech republic, goals defender marco materazzi (26th minute) , striker filippo inzaghi (87th minute), advancing round of 16 in knockout stages, faced australia. in match, materazzi controversially sent off in second half (53rd minute) after attempted two-footed tackle on australian midfielder marco bresciano. in stoppage time controversial penalty kick awarded azzurri when referee luis medina cantalejo ruled lucas neill fouled fabio grosso. francesco totti converted upper corner of goal past mark schwarzer 1–0 win.


in quarterfinals italy beat ukraine 3–0. gianluca zambrotta opened scoring (in sixth minute) left-footed shot outside penalty area after quick exchange totti created enough space. luca toni added 2 more goals in second half (59th , 69th minute), ukraine pressed forward not able score, hitting crossbar , requiring several saves gianluigi buffon , goal-line clearance zambrotta. afterwards, manager marcello lippi dedicated victory former italian international gianluca pessotto, in hospital recovering apparent suicide attempt.


in semi-finals, italy beat hosts germany 2–0 2 goals coming in last 2 minutes of time. after back-and-forth half-hour of time during alberto gilardino , gianluca zambrotta struck post , crossbar respectively, fabio grosso scored in 119th minute after disguised andrea pirlo pass found him open in penalty area bending left-footed shot far corner past german goalkeeper jens lehmann s dive. substitute striker alessandro del piero sealed victory scoring last kick of game @ end of swift counterattack cannavaro, totti , gilardino.


the azzurri won fourth world cup, defeating long-time rivals france in berlin, on 9 july, 5–3 on penalty kicks after 1–1 draw @ end of time in final. french captain zinedine zidane opened scoring in seventh minute chipped penalty kick, awarded controversial foul materazzi on florent malouda. twelve minutes later, header materazzi corner kick pirlo brought italy even. in second half, potential winning goal toni disallowed close offside call linesman luc la rossa. in 110th minute, zidane (playing in last match of career) sent off referee horacio elizondo headbutting materazzi in chest after verbal exchange; italy won penalty shootout 5–3; crucial penalty miss being david trezeguet s, same player scored golden goal france in euro 2000. trezeguet s attempt hit crossbar, shot down after impact, , stayed ahead of line.


ten different players scored italy in tournament, , 5 goals out of twelve scored substitutes, while 4 goals scored defenders. 7 players — gianluigi buffon, fabio cannavaro, gianluca zambrotta, andrea pirlo, gennaro gattuso, francesco totti , luca toni — named 23-man tournament star team. buffon won lev yashin award, given best goalkeeper of tournament; conceded 2 goals in tournament s 7 matches, first own goal zaccardo , second zidane s penalty kick in final, , remained unbeaten 460 consecutive minutes.


in honour of italy winning fifa world cup fourth time, members of world cup-winning squad awarded italian order of merit of cavaliere ufficiale.








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