France fans look away, but the last time Les Blues played a European Nation in the World Cup final did not end well for them. France defeated Portugal 1-0 in the semi-finals to set up a date with Italy, who defeated host nation Germany 2-0 after extra time in the semi-finals.
The final was played on 9th July 2006 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin, in front of 69000 people. France went ahead with a penalty from Zinedine Zidane in the 7th minute, but Materazzi equalized for Italy in the 19th minute. The game moved to extra time, where both goal scorers would meet infamously in an incident that probably affected the outcome of the game. Zidane was red-carded in extra time for head-butting Materazzi. In the penalties that followed, Italy converted all their spot kicks, whereas Trezeguet missed for France, as Italy won the game 5-3 and became 2006 World Champions.
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