So, of course, the stalemate had to be broken by a left-back. BBC Sport covers the major events and all the professional football clubs in the UK, plus cricket, rugby. Visit BBC Sport for all the action as it happens - up-to-the-minute news, results, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. Zidanes head, unfortunately, will not be remembered for his 1998 World Cup heroics, nor his near winner in Berlin, but his 108th-minute moment of madness in the 2006 World Cup final. Gilardino had already come on for Luca Toni in a like-for-like swap, while Francesco Totti played the full duration. Join the World Cup debate on the 606 message boards. Marcello Lippi sent on Vincenzo Iaquinta to replace one winger at the start of extra time and then Alessandro Del Piero for the other in the 104th minute. The game remained deadlocked only because Lukas Podolski couldn’t beat Gianluigi Buffon at the end of a five-on-five, while Alberto Gilardino and Gianluca Zambrotta hit the woodwork of a goal they concluded to be cursed.īy the time Italy scored, they had four centre-forwards on the pitch. These had been 119 of the most intense World Cup minutes: a relentless back-and-forth between two of the sport’s foremost nations. A fan of Argentina in the stands beating a drum which has. So was Grosso, as he wheeled away screaming “I can’t believe it” – his outstretched arms and shaking head evoking memories of Marco Tardelli 24 years before. RM GCHY93Soccer - 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - Group B - Greece v Argentina - Peter Mokaba. Game played in the 2006 World Cup, Semifinals. He was exhausted and exhilarated, running on fumes and emotion. Information about the Semifinals game played in the 2006 Soccer World Cup between the National Teams of Germany and Italy with details about goals, starters and reserves, substitutions, cards and more. Yet Caressa’s commentary was perfection because it captured the moment so absolutely. There is no clever wordplay, no crafted metaphor or iconic line. View image in fullscreen Fabio Grosso fires the ball past Michael Ballack and into the net, breaking the deadlock in extra time Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

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