The final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 18th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams, was played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, on 9 July 2006, and was contested b
A scene inside the Olympiastadion during the first half of the match.
An example of the Adidas +Teamgeist Berlin ball used in the match
Italian players Gianluigi Buffon, Marco Materazzi, and Simone Perrotta celebrate Italy's qualification for the round of 16 at the end of the group stage match against the Czech Republic.
Zinedine Zidane's penalty against Portugal, which sealed France's qualification for the final in Berlin.
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head coach of the France national team. Wi
2006 FIFA World Cup final
…World Cup after beating France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw at the conclusion of extra time. The match was focused mostly on France's Zinedine Zidane and Italy's Marco Materazzi: this was the last match of Zidane's career, they each scored their team's only goal of the game, and they were also involved…
La Castellane, in the northwestern edge of Marseille, where Zidane was born in 1972
Zidane's Juventus jersey (center) at the Juventus Museum next to kits of (from left to right) Edgar Davids, Pavel Nedvěd, Roberto Baggio and Michel Platini
Zidane with teammate David Beckham in 2003