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MATCHFIFA World Cup2006Final2006-07-09
Italy
1–1
France

Italy won its fourth FIFA World Cup title.

Match details

At a glance

Venue
Olympiastadion
City
Berlin
Attendance
69,000
Referee
Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Stage
Final
Scoring

Goals

7'
Zinedine Zidane penaltyFrance
19'
Starting XI

Lineups

Italy

  1. Gianluigi Buffon
  2. Gianluca Zambrotta
  3. Fabio CannavaroC
  4. Marco Materazzi
  5. Fabio Grosso
  6. Mauro Camoranesi
  7. Gennaro Gattuso
  8. Andrea Pirlo
  9. Simone Perrotta
  10. Francesco Totti
  11. Luca Toni

France

  1. Fabien Barthez
  2. Willy Sagnol
  3. Lilian Thuram
  4. William Gallas
  5. Éric Abidal
  6. Franck Ribéry
  7. Claude Makélélé
  8. Zinedine ZidaneC
  9. Patrick Vieira
  10. Florent Malouda
  11. Thierry Henry
Tactical view

Lineup graphic

Italy 1-1 France lineup graphic
ITA-FRA 2006-07-09.svg — Wikimedia Commons
Officials & discipline

Match administration

RefereeHoracio Elizondo (Argentina)
Cards / dismissals
110' Zinedine Zidane (France) sent off
Context

Why this match matters

  • Zinedine Zidane was sent off after headbutting Marco Materazzi.
  • Fabio Grosso converted the winning penalty.
Research

Sources

  • RSSSF — World Cup 2006 match detailsstadium, attendance, lineups, substitutions, scorers, referee, bookings and sendings-offhttps://www.rsssf.org/tables/2006full.html
  • RSSSF — World Cup 2006 overviewknockout results, shootouts and final cross-checkhttps://www.rsssf.org/tables/2006f.html
  • Wikimedia Commons — FIFA World Cup 2006 line-upsmatch-specific media lookup and rights metadatahttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FIFA_World_Cup_2006_line-ups