ITALY wins FIFA World Cup!!! Italy 5 def. France 3 on penalty kicks
Italy beat France 5-3 on penalty kicks to win the World Cup final match on Sunday. It was the fourth world crown for the Azzurri.
It was just the second time a World Cup final game was decided on penalty kicks. The first time was 1994, when Brazil beat Italy. France was without its captain and best penalty kicker, Zinedine Zidane, who was red-carded in the 110th minute.
Zidane, who was playing the last soccer match of his career, headbutted Italy defender Marco Materazzi in the chest after the two exchanged words while walking down the field.
The game was tied 1-1 after the first 90 minutes. The teams then played two scoreless overtimes.
In the ninth minute of overtime, Franck Ribery of France shot wide off the far post. It was the closest any player had come to scoring in overtime.
Four minutes later, Zidane hit a header that Italian goalkeeper Gianlugi Buffon managed to palm over the net.
In the first half, Italy's Materazzi headed a corner kick past France's goaltender to tie the World Cup final match at 1-1 in the 19th minute. Andrea Pirlo's corner kick set up Materazzi just to the left of the goal. Materazzi's header just got past diving goalkeeper Fabien Barthez.
In the sixth minute, Zidane scored on a penalty kick to give France a 1-0 lead.
Zidane faked the kick left and after the Italian goaltender dove, he softly kicked a shot that hit off the crossbar and barely bounced into the goal.
That penalty kick was set up by a foul against Materazzi.
It was the first goal that Italy had allowed in more than 460 minutes of World Cup play this year.
Zidane went down after a collision with an Italian player in the 81st minute, but moments later he returned to the game as the crowd went wild. He appeared to be in pain as he ran after returning.
In the 62nd minute, Luca Toni put a diving header past France's goalkeeper that appeared to give Italy a 2-1 lead, but an offside flag nullified the goal. Minutes later, replays showed that the linesman probably got the call correct, and the match remained tied 1-1.
Italy again came close to taking the lead in the 77th minute, when Pirlo's penalty kick from 30 yards away curled wide of the post.
It was just the second time a World Cup final game was decided on penalty kicks. The first time was 1994, when Brazil beat Italy. France was without its captain and best penalty kicker, Zinedine Zidane, who was red-carded in the 110th minute.
Zidane, who was playing the last soccer match of his career, headbutted Italy defender Marco Materazzi in the chest after the two exchanged words while walking down the field.
The game was tied 1-1 after the first 90 minutes. The teams then played two scoreless overtimes.
In the ninth minute of overtime, Franck Ribery of France shot wide off the far post. It was the closest any player had come to scoring in overtime.
Four minutes later, Zidane hit a header that Italian goalkeeper Gianlugi Buffon managed to palm over the net.
In the first half, Italy's Materazzi headed a corner kick past France's goaltender to tie the World Cup final match at 1-1 in the 19th minute. Andrea Pirlo's corner kick set up Materazzi just to the left of the goal. Materazzi's header just got past diving goalkeeper Fabien Barthez.
In the sixth minute, Zidane scored on a penalty kick to give France a 1-0 lead.
Zidane faked the kick left and after the Italian goaltender dove, he softly kicked a shot that hit off the crossbar and barely bounced into the goal.
That penalty kick was set up by a foul against Materazzi.
It was the first goal that Italy had allowed in more than 460 minutes of World Cup play this year.
Zidane went down after a collision with an Italian player in the 81st minute, but moments later he returned to the game as the crowd went wild. He appeared to be in pain as he ran after returning.
In the 62nd minute, Luca Toni put a diving header past France's goalkeeper that appeared to give Italy a 2-1 lead, but an offside flag nullified the goal. Minutes later, replays showed that the linesman probably got the call correct, and the match remained tied 1-1.
Italy again came close to taking the lead in the 77th minute, when Pirlo's penalty kick from 30 yards away curled wide of the post.
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