Draft:Italy v Germany (2006 FIFA World Cup)

2006 FIFA World Cup
Semi-final
Fabio Grosso, who scored Italy's first goal
Event2006 FIFA World Cup
After extra time
Date5 July 2006 (2006-07-05)
VenueSignal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Referee... (...)
Attendance76,000

The semi-final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup between Italy and West Germany was played on 5 July 2006 at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. Italy won 2-0 after two goals in the final minutes of extra time extra time, scored by Fabio Grosso and Alex Del Piero. The result eliminated West Germany from the tournament while Italy went on to win to France in the final.

The match

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Match overview

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Italy  2-0 (a.e.t.)  Germany
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Attendance: 70,444


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Germany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Italy
GK 1 Jens Lehmann
RB 3 Arne Friedrich
CB 17 Per Mertesacker
CB 21 Christoph Metzelder   56'
LB 16 Philipp Lahm
RM 19 Bernd Schneider   83'
CM 13 Michael Ballack (c)
CM 5 Sebastian Kehl
LM 18 Tim Borowski   40'   73'
CF 11 Miroslav Klose   111'
CF 20 Lukas Podolski
Substitutions:
MF 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger   73'
MF 22 David Odonkor   83'
FW 10 Oliver Neuville   111'
Manager:
Jürgen Klinsmann
 
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon
RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c)
CB 23 Marco Materazzi
LB 3 Fabio Grosso
RM 16 Mauro Camoranesi   90'   91'
CM 21 Andrea Pirlo
CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso
LM 20 Simone Perrotta   104'
AM 10 Francesco Totti
CF 9 Luca Toni   74'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Alberto Gilardino   74'
FW 15 Vincenzo Iaquinta   91'
FW 7 Alessandro Del Piero   104'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi

Man of the Match:
Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Assistant referees:
José Ramírez (Mexico)
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Fourth official:
Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Fifth official:
Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)

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