2006 World Cup Final Materazzi Italy over Zidane France

2006 World Cup Final in Berlin, Germany with Italy beating France by Penalty Kicks.

Italy brutal Tackles on France including once in the box. No foul or yellow card given to Italy. All match long Materazzi held, punched and trash-talked to Zidane.

Again nothing called. Zidane retaliates once and is Red-carded.

After a 1-1 tie, the World Cup Winner will again be decided by penalty kicks. With the best scorers out for France [Zidane, Henry etc] and Barthez worried about a Mafia hit, it’s money in the bank for Italy.

Viva Italia 2006 World Cup Champions.

another FIFA scripted World Cup Final ugly game

Just a heart breaking loss for Holland and the Oranje fans. Both teams had their chances and both sides had terrific goal keeping.

In the end it came down to bad calls by the english ref, who was just following orders and the script given him by FIFA for an Espana win.

This is worse than wrestling. Worse than the infamous mafia death threat to the French goalkeeper in 2006.

These scripted World Cup Finals really ruin the game by turning a beautiful game ugly. Hey, who said life was fair?

Ref 1 Spain 0  Holland 0 As Maradona says ” One Bad Play and You Go Home. ”

I guess somebody has to win, so congratulations Spain [Espana]. Your style of play, though not popular worldwide, won out.

All final four teams were championship material. And Brazil [Brasil] is clearly the team to beat at home in 2014, FIFA permitting.