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ITALY vs. FRANCE
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Olympiastadion Berlin

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME · AFTER EXTRA TIME
ITALY
1 – 1
FRANCE
✦ REFEREE: Horacio Elizondo
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 7' • Zinedine Zidane
  • 19' ⚽ Marco Materazzi
  • 56' •
  • 61' •
  • 61' •
  • 86' •
  • 100' •
  • 107' •
▶ MATCH STATS
ITA 51% POSSESSION 49% FRA
ITA 6 SHOTS 14 FRA
ITA 2 SHOTS ON TARGET 7 FRA
ITA 15 FOULS 24 FRA
ITA 6 SAVES 1 FRA
ITA 0 RED CARDS 1 FRA
▶ LINE-UPS
ITALY
STARTING XI
  1. GKGianluigi Buffon
  2. DFGianluca Zambrotta
  3. DFFabio Cannavaro
  4. DFMarco Materazzi⚽
  5. DFFabio Grosso
  6. MFMauro Camoranesi
  7. MFAndrea Pirlo
  8. MFGennaro Gattuso
  9. MFSimone Perrotta
  10. MFFrancesco Totti
  11. FWLuca Toni
SUBSTITUTES
  • Daniele De Rossi▲ 61'
  • Alessandro Del Piero▲ 86'
  • Vincenzo Iaquinta▲ 61'
FRANCE
STARTING XI
  1. GKFabien Barthez
  2. DFWilly Sagnol
  3. DFLilian Thuram
  4. DFWilliam Gallas
  5. DFEric Abidal
  6. MFPatrick Vieira
  7. MFClaude Makelele
  8. MFZinedine Zidane
  9. MFFlorent Malouda
  10. FWFranck Ribéry
  11. FWThierry Henry
SUBSTITUTES
  • Alou Diarra▲ 56'
  • David Trezeguet▲ 100'
  • Sylvain Wiltord▲ 107'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

ITALY
Gli Azzurri
EST. 1898
VS
FRANCE
Les Bleus
EST. 1919
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ ITALY
▶ FRANCE
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