Football peer
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took home on 9 July 2006 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, to determine the winner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The match was contested between Italy and France. Italy won the World Cup after beating France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw at the termination of extra time. The match had been surrounded largely around France ‘s Zinedine Zidane and Italy ‘s Marco Materazzi : this was the last peer for the erstwhile for France, both were scorers in the concluding, and besides embroiled in an incident in extra time that led to Zidane ‘s sending off after he headbutted Materazzi. The incident was the submit of much psychoanalysis following the match. Italy ‘s Andrea Pirlo was awarded the Man of the Match, and Zidane was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament. The final served as a cardinal match in the France–Italy football competition, coming after Italy were defeated by France in the UEFA Euro 2000 Final. Italy ‘s victory was their first world claim in 24 years, and their fourth overall, putting them one ahead of Germany and entirely one behind Brazil. The victory besides led to Italy topping the FIFA World Rankings in February 2007 for the first clock time since November 1993 .
venue [edit ]
The Olympiastadion in Berlin was used as the venue for the final, angstrom well as five other matches over the tournament. [ 3 ] It was besides used for three matches at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. [ 4 ] The current Olympiastadion was built for the 1936 Summer Olympics in the westerly part of the city. [ 5 ] Since 1985, the stadium has hosted the finals of both the DFB-Pokal and its female equivalent. The Olympiastadion hosts the Internationales Stadionfest, which was an IAAF Golden League event from 1998 to 2009. The stadium hosted the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. [ 6 ] apart from its use as an Olympic stadium, the Olympiastadion has a potent footballing tradition, having been the dwelling of Hertha BSC since 1963. [ 7 ]
background [edit ]
Italy ‘s first official match as a national team was against France on 15 May 1910, [ 8 ] and the two countries developed a football competition. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] They have faced each early in respective world-stage tournaments, including former World Cups in 1938 ( 3–1 Italy ), [ 11 ] 1978 ( 2–1 Italy ), [ 12 ] 1986 ( 2–0 France ), [ 13 ] and 1998 ( 4–3 in penalty-shootout to France ). [ 14 ] Most recently, they had contested the UEFA Euro 2000 Final, which ended in a 2–1 France victory after a fortunate goal in excess time by David Trezeguet. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The catch was the sixth FIFA World Cup final for Italy, and the second for France. [ 18 ] Italy had won three of their previous finals ( 1934, 1938, 1982 ), losing two ( 1970, 1994 ), while France had won their entirely previous final ( 1998 ). [ 18 ] It was the first final since 1978 in which neither Germany nor Brazil competed ( and only the second since 1938 ) ; it was besides the first all-European concluding since Italy won the World Cup in 1982, and the second final to be decided by a penalty shoot-out ( 1994 was the first, with Italy losing to Brazil on that occasion ). [ 18 ] In April 2006, France ‘s Zinedine Zidane, who besides played for spanish league side Real Madrid, announced his retirement from football, saying his play career would end after the World Cup. [ 19 ] In May 2006, a match-fixing scandal in Italy ‘s Serie A league was uncovered, chiefly surrounding Juventus, [ 20 ] a team to which five of the national team players belonged. [ 21 ]
road to the final [edit ]
Italy [edit ]
Italy ‘s campaign in the tournament was accompanied by overt pessimism [ 22 ] due to the controversy caused by the Serie A scandal. [ 23 ] Italy were drawn in Group E aboard Ghana, the United States, and Czech Republic, opening against Ghana on 12 June 2006. Italy took the lead through midfielder Andrea Pirlo in the fortieth moment, finally winning the match by a score of 2–0. [ 24 ] In their adjacent match against the United States on 17 June, Italy took the lead in the 22nd infinitesimal with an Alberto Gilardino goal, but five minutes late, Cristian Zaccardo scored an own goal off an attempted headroom following a free-kick, and the match finally remained a 1–1 withdraw ; this was one of only two goals Italy conceded throughout the tournament. [ 25 ] In that match, Daniele De Rossi received a uncoiled crimson poster after he elbowed Brian McBride in the face ; he left the flip bloodied, but returned after discussion, late receiving three stitches. [ 26 ] De Rossi late apologised to McBride, who subsequently praised him as “ classy ” for approaching him after the match. [ 27 ] Because of the incident, De Rossi was banned for four matches, and was fined CHF 10,000. [ 28 ] Their third gear and concluding group stage pit was against Czech Republic on 22 June. Marco Materazzi, who had begun the tournament as a reservation player, came on as a surrogate for Alessandro Nesta who suffered an injury in the equal. [ 29 ] Materazzi went on to score a goal in the match, and was named Man of the Match of an eventual 2–0 acquire, finishing top of the group with seven points. [ 30 ] In the round of 16, on 26 June, Italy took on Australia in a match in which Materazzi was controversially sent off in the 53rd minute after an undertake bipedal fishing gear on australian midfielder Marco Bresciano. In blockage meter, a controversial punishment kick was awarded to Italy when reviewer Luis Medina Cantalejo ruled that Lucas Neill fouled Fabio Grosso. Francesco Totti converted the kick into the upper corner of the finish past Mark Schwarzer for a 1–0 acquire. [ 31 ] In the quarter-final, on 30 June, Italy took on Ukraine, and Gianluca Zambrotta opened the scoring early in the 6th minute with a left-footed shoot from outside the penalty area after a quick rally with Totti created adequate space. Luca Toni added two more goals for Italy in the second gear half, but as Ukraine pressed forth, they were unable to score. Ukraine had hit the crossbar, had respective shots saved by Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, and were denied a goal from a goal-line clearance from Zambrotta, ultimately ending in a 3–0 acquire for Italy. [ 32 ] In the semi-final on 4 July, Italy beat hosts Germany 2–0 with the two goals coming in the stopping point two minutes of extra time. After a back-and-forth half-hour of excess time, during which Gilardino and Zambrotta struck the military post and the crossbar respectively, Grosso scored in the 119th minute after a disguise Pirlo pass found him open in the penalty sphere for a flex left-footed shoot into the far corner by 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 western fence lizard counterattack by Fabio Cannavaro, Totti and Gilardino. [ 33 ]
France [edit ]
France were drawn in Group G aboard Switzerland, South Korea, and Togo, opening against Switzerland on 13 June 2006. The match ended in a scoreless describe. [ 34 ] In their following couple against South Korea on 18 June, France took the lead in the 9th minute after Thierry Henry picked up Sylvain Wiltord ‘s parry shoot. Later, a header by Patrick Vieira crossed the goal-line after being blocked by Korean goalkeeper Lee Woon-Jae, but referee Benito Archundia did not give the goal, and with about 10 minutes left, Park Ji-sung scored for Korea for an eventual 1–1 draw. [ 35 ] Their third base and final group stage match was against Togo on 23 June, and France needed a victory to progress from the group stage. After a scoreless beginning half, Vieira and Henry scored two moment half goals within six minutes of each other to win 2–0, and polish moment in the group with five points. [ 36 ] In the round of 16, on 27 June, France took on Spain in a pit in which Spain took the moderate in the beginning half with a penalty kick converted by David Villa after Lilian Thuram fouled Pablo. Four minutes before half meter, Franck Ribéry equalised the score, and with seven minutes before the end of regulation time, Vieira scored from a heading for France to take the moderate. As Spain pushed forward to find an counterweight, Zinedine Zidane scored in a solo feat in arrest time, for a concluding mark of 3–1 for France. [ 37 ] In the quarter-final, on 1 July, France took on Brazil ; France won with a lone goal in the 57th minute by Henry after he volleyed a Zidane barren kick to end Brazil ‘s reign as world champions. [ 38 ] In the semi-final, on 5 July, France won again with a alone goal, this time from a first base half Zidane punishment kick after Henry was tripped inside the box by Ricardo Carvalho. [ 39 ]
The official match ball for the final was the + Teamgeist Berlin, a gold-colored variation of the Adidas Teamgeist, which was unveiled on 18 April 2006. [ 40 ] The Adidas Teamgeist was used as the official equal musket ball throughout the tournament, provided by german sports equipment company Adidas. [ 40 ] On 6 July 2006, the Argentine Horacio Elizondo was chosen as referee for the concluding, beating out the german Markus Merk and the slovakian Lubos Michel. [ 41 ] Elizondo became a referee in 1994, and refereed his first international match in 1996. [ 42 ] His compatriots, Dario Garcia and Rodolfo Otero, were chosen as adjunct referees, [ 41 ] and the spanish Luis Medina Cantalejo as fourth official. [ 43 ] Elizondo had given England striker Wayne Rooney a red card against Portugal previously in the tournament. [ 44 ] Italy ‘s team doctor of the church Enrico Castellacci confirmed on 6 July that Alessandro Nesta was ruled out of the final due to a groin injury he sustained against the Czech Republic on 22 June ; France reported no injuries. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Before the equal started, a close ceremony was organised by FIFA, lasting about 10 minutes, was performed by Il Divo singing their song “ The Time of Our Lives “, the official song of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, equally well as Shakira and Wyclef Jean singing a rendition of their sung “ Hips Do n’t Lie “. [ 47 ] [ 48 ]
match [edit ]
summary [edit ]
Zidane was given a red card in the last of his 108 France appearances. The final examination started with each side scoring within the first 20 minutes. After french actor Florent Malouda went toss off in the box under contact from Marco Materazzi, Elizondo awarded a penalty complain. [ 49 ] Zinedine Zidane opened the score when he converted this kick in the 7th minute with a Panenka that glanced off the bottom of the crossbar and into the goal. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] Materazzi redeemed himself for Italy when he levelled the score in the 19th minute, a header from an Andrea Pirlo corner. [ 52 ] In the 35th moment, Luca Toni struck the crossbar with a header from another Pirlo corner. [ 52 ] At one-half fourth dimension, the score was level at 1–1. The begin of the second half was largely controlled by France, [ 52 ] besides having a penalty shout early on when Malouda was brought to grind in the box by Gianluca Zambrotta. [ 53 ] Patrick Vieira was replaced by Alou Diarra in the 58th minute due to an apparent hamstring injury. [ 52 ] In the 62nd minute, Toni headed a goal that was disallowed for offside from a Pirlo barren complain. [ 52 ] After the 90 minutes of regulation time, the score was still level at 1–1, forcing the couple into extra clock time. In the 104th minute, italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made a potentially game-saving save when he tipped a Zidane header over the crossbar that had been crossed in from Willy Sagnol. [ 52 ] Five minutes late, Zidane and Materazzi were jogging up the pitch alongside each other. They briefly exchanged words and Materazzi pulled at Zidane ‘s jersey ; this provoked Zidane to headbutt Materazzi ‘s chest, knocking him to the grind. [ 52 ] [ 49 ] As the game act had switched focus, Buffon protested to the assistant reviewer who did not see what had happened. [ 54 ] When the turn returned and referee Elizondo saw Materazzi on the grind, he halted play to consult his assistants. According to match officials ‘ reports, the reviewer and his assistants did not see what had transpired, however, Elizondo consulted one-fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo via headset, who confirmed the incident. [ 43 ] [ 55 ] Elizondo then issued Zidane a red wag in the hundred-and-tenth infinitesimal. [ 3 ] [ 56 ] It marked the 14th overall expulsion of Zidane ‘s career, and meant he joined Cameroon ‘s Rigobert Song as the only players ever to be sent off during two freestanding World Cup tournaments. [ 57 ] He besides became the fourthly actor red-carded in a World Cup final, in addition to being the beginning sent off in extra time. [ 58 ] After extra time, the score was still level at 1–1, forcing the match into a punishment shoot-out. France ‘s David Trezeguet, who had scored the golden goal against Italy in the UEFA Euro 2000 Final, was the only player not to score his penalty after his recoil hit the crossbar, shot down after its impact, and stayed barely ahead of the goal-line. Fabio Grosso—who scored Italy ‘s first base goal in the semi-final against Germany—scored the winning punishment ; Italy won by a score of 5–3. [ 59 ]
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Man of the Match: Andrea Pirlo ( Italy ) [ 1 ] Assistant referees: Dario García ( Argentina ) Rodolfo Otero ( Argentina ) Fourth official: Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain ) Fifth official: Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco ( Spain ) |
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Statistics [edit ]
| Italy | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals scored | 1 | 1 |
| Total shots | 5 | 13 |
| Shots on target | 3 | 6 |
| Ball possession | 55% | 45% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 7 |
| Fouls committed | 17 | 24 |
| Offsides | 4 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |
Viewership [edit ]
According to FIFA, 715.1 million individuals globally watched the concluding peer of this tournament. [ 60 ] IPG ‘s freelancer media agency Initiative Worldwide estimated a 260 million people viewership. [ 61 ] The freelancer firm Initiative Futures Sport + Entertainment estimates it at 322 million viewers. [ 62 ]
Cannavaro lifting the World Cup trophy for Italy. german president Horst Köhler, UEFA president of the united states Lennart Johansson, and the local organizing committee president Franz Beckenbauer were among those stage on the sales talk stage during the awards ceremony. President Köhler handed the trophy to italian captain Fabio Cannavaro without FIFA president Sepp Blatter ‘s presence. [ 63 ] As Cannavaro raised the trophy, a short circuit adaptation of Patrizio Buanne ‘s “ Stand Up ( Champions Theme ) ” was played. [ 63 ] The victory besides led to Italy topping the FIFA World Rankings in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Pirlo was awarded the Man of the Match. [ 1 ] The day after the concluding, Zidane was awarded the Golden Ball as the player of the tournament. [ 66 ] The Italy team celebrated their victory with a parade in Rome the day after the final on 10 July, attended by 500,000 people, the team traveled to the Circus Maximus. [ 67 ] The team besides met with President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi, where all members of the World Cup-winning team were awarded the italian Order of Merit of Cavaliere Ufficiale. [ 68 ] [ 69 ]
provocation of Zidane analysis [edit ]
Zidane headbutting Materazzi sequence. After video evidence suggested that Materazzi had verbally provoked Zidane that led to the headbutt, three british media newspapers claimed to have hired lip readers to determine what Materazzi had said, with The Times, The Sun and Daily Star claiming that Materazzi called Zidane “ the son of a terrorist whore ”. [ 70 ] Materazzi disputed this claim, finally winning populace apologies from The Sun and Daily Star in 2008, [ 70 ] [ 71 ] angstrom well as libel damages from all three british newspapers. [ 72 ] Zidane only partially explained that repeated harsh insults about his mother had caused him to react. [ 73 ] Materazzi admitted trash talking Zidane, but argued that Zidane ‘s behavior had been very arrogant and that the remarks were fiddling. [ 74 ] Materazzi besides insisted that he did not insult Zidane ‘s mother ( who was ill at the time ), claiming, “ I did n’t talk about his mother, either. I lost my mother when I was fifteen, and tied now I still get aroused talking about it ”. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] Zidane late said that he did not regret his actions because “ it would be like admitting that he was good to say all that ”. [ 77 ] Materazzi offered his version of events two months former claiming that after he had grabbed Zidane ‘s jersey, Zidane remarked, “ If you want my shirt, I will give it to you afterwards ”, and he replied to Zidane that he would prefer his baby, but claimed during the interview that he was unaware Zidane even had a sister. [ 78 ] Over a year after the incidental, Materazzi confirmed that his precise words to Zidane were : “ I prefer the whore that is your baby ”. [ 79 ]
Reactions [edit ]
After the final, then- President of France Jacques Chirac hailed Zidane as a “ man of heart and conviction ”. [ 80 ] Chirac by and by added that he found the umbrage to be unacceptable, but he understood that Zidane had been provoked. [ 81 ] The french public showed support for Zidane ‘s actions ; polls done in the immediate awaken of the incidental showed 61 % of french people said they had already forgiven him for his actions while 52 % said they understood them. [ 82 ] however, french newspaper Le Figaro called the headbutt “ abominable ” and “ unacceptable ”. [ 83 ] Time magazine regarded the incident as a symbol for Europe ‘s “ grappling with multi-culturalism ”. [ 84 ] Despite the ongoing furor, Zidane ‘s sponsors announced that they would stick with him. [ 85 ] The incident was extensively lampooned on the Internet and in popular polish. Family Guy parodied it in the sequence “ Saving Private Brian “, in which Zidane headbutts an erstwhile dame while delivering her a birthday cake. The Simpsons parodied it in the episode “ Marge Gamer “, in which Homer Simpson shouts “ Zidane ! “, when headbutting the linesman. In accession to becoming a staple of spoof via numerous on-line videos and GIFs, a bangle song titled Coup de Boule ( “ Headbutt ” ) reached the top of the french charts. [ 86 ] A sculpt of the incident was unveiled in 2012. [ 87 ] In light of Zidane ‘s statements, FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings to investigate the incident. FIFA besides affirmed the legality of Elizondo ‘s decision to send Zidane off, rejecting claims that Cantalejo had illegally relied on video recording transmission to make a decision about handling Zidane ‘s mismanage. [ 88 ] FIFA issued a CHF 5,000 fine and a two-match ban against Materazzi, while Zidane received a three-match banish and a CHF 7,500 ticket. Since Zidane had already retired, he voluntarily served three days of community service on FIFA ‘s behalf as a substitute for the match ban. [ 89 ] In October 2009, in an interview conducted on french radio place RTL, Zidane stated : “ Let ‘s not forget that aggravation is a atrocious thing. I have never been one to provoke ; I have never done it. It ‘s frightful, and it is best not to react ”. [ 90 ] however, he former said in 2015, “ If you look at the 14 bolshevik cards I had in my career, 12 of them were a consequence of provocation. This is n’t justification, this is n’t an apologize, but my rage, anneal and blood made me react. ” [ 91 ] In 2010, Zidane had said that he would “ quite die than apologize ” to Materazzi for the headbutt in the concluding, [ 92 ] but besides admitted that he “ could never have lived with himself ” had he been allowed to remain on the cant and help oneself France win the match. [ 93 ]
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