and so, the world cup 2006 finally came to an end with the Azurris lifting the trophy for their 4th time in history...the french were denied their 2nd by the cruelty of penalty shoot-out....trezeguet's spotkick hitted the bar hard....even thought buffon clearly dived the wrong way...in fact...buffon didn't get a single dive in the right direction....but i guess the italians were more blessed than the Les Bleus that night/morning...

zidane's headbutt was superb...haha...materrazzi must have verbally abused him or something...

henry was a constant threat when he took the ball with his flashy legs towards goal...

thuram's performance was stable enough

the french had far more attacking possession and chances from 2nf half onwards....but buffon matched up to those effort equally...and the magnificant cannavaro....

but thatz the fact of life when a match has to be decided on penalties...someone must miss...be it on god's will or by any splendid gk's save...that night...the someone came from the french team...that night...the someone was trezeguet...the same guy whose goal sent the italia home in extra-time during european 2000 if i'm not wrong....