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Italy beats France, wins 4th World Cup: Italy beats France, wins 4th World Cup.
Byline: James Mulligan
Jul. 11--BERLIN -- Italy beat France 5-3 on penalties to win the World Cup final on Sunday night after Zinedine Zidane was sensationally sent off in his last game. The match ended 1-1 after extra time, which meant a shootout, and in front of 69,000 fans at Olympic Stadium, Fabio Grosso fired his spot-kick past Fabien Barthez to give Italy the victory after David Trezeguet had hit France's second penalty against the bar.
"It's incredibly emotional, words can't really describe it," Grosso said. "Maybe we still don't realize what has been achieved. We really wanted to win and we did it." An equally emotional Marcello Lippi paid tribute to his players. "I just want to say thanks to them," the Italian coach said. "They gave me absolutely everything they had. It is a wonderful feeling, it is something that you can only get in this job." A penalty kick by Zidane had put France in front early on, but Marco Materazzi's ...
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