Germany 2006
XVIII World Cup - Germany 2006, the Italians triumph.World Cup in Germany took place on 9 June-9 July 2006. Poles for the second time in a row to qualify for the championships and for the second time in a row, not out of the group. He lost the first two meetings with Ecuador and Germany, for solace defeated 3:1. Championships are probably the most brutal in the history of 26 red cards shown in the match with Portugal, the Netherlands, and Portugal win by the arbitrator showed up 16 yellow and 4 red cards. In the first semi-final play hosts Germany-Italy, this time the Italians won 2:0, and they promoted to the final match. In the second semi-final of the French Portugal played, won the first 1:0. Germany won a bronze medal, defeating Portugal 3:1. The Italians won the final match with France on penalty kicks, remember the game mainly because of violent foul Zinedine Zidane on Italian stoppers MAterazzim. Zidane thus ended his career. Nevertheless, Zizou was elected the best player championships. King of shooters was Michael Klose of Germany. In 64 championship matches played, 147 goals shots giving a 2.3 goal per game.