Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Horacio Elizondo (Argentina).
Graham Poll
Fifa man of the match: Andrea Pirlo
France and Italy. Italy won on penalties after the match finished 1-1.
The cast of La final del 81 - 2006 includes: Sergio Bonilla as Referee - young
Italy beat France on penalties in World Cup 2006.
It was Paulinho for Brazil..He got a red card when his team mate Henrique passed the ball to him but the referee got in the way accidently and made him lose the ball to the opposition in that he pushed the referee and sweared at him which got him sent off and a 10 match ban. He retired 7 years later
The first semi-final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup was played between Germany and Italy. Italy won the match. Germany 0 - 2 (a.e.t.) Italy The second semi-final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup was played between Portugal and France. France won the match. Portugal 0 - 1 France
In the 2006 world cup final, Zinadine Zidane headbutted Marco materazzi, and both got red cards . it was also Zidane last match.
It was Italy, where they Italy cheated and got a penalty to knock Australia out.
Cristiano Ronaldo was widely criticised for 'influencing' the referee in that quarter-final match over the sending-off for Wayne Rooney. It was Ricardo Cavalho, however, that Rooney stamped on which earned him the red card.