Italy won its fourth World Cup, beating France in penalty kicks after a 1-all tie in regulation and two scoreless overtimes. Zidane, playing his last international match, was red-carded in the second overtime after head-butting Italian defender Marco Materazzi. Not sure whether Materazzi made reference to Zidane, his girlfriend/wife/other, his mother or his dog, but that's no excuse. Several adjectives were used to describe Zidane going into today's final: clever...crafty...wily. Add one more: stupid. France was not only a man down, but minus one of its best players.
Adding to France's misery was super striker Thierry Henry going down with cramps, and all of a sudden France was without two of its best penalty shooters once the second overtime ended.
Kudos to Italy, which played a good game and was not distracted once the penalty showdown arrived.
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