Azzurri on top of the world! Italy won the World Cup on penalties as Zinedine Zidane ended his wonderful career with a red card for a shameful headbutt.

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Germany 0 Italy 2 (AET) Germany's World Cup dream was destroyed by two Italy goals at the end of extra-time by Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero.

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Italy 3 Ukraine 0 A rampant Luca Toni scored twice to end Ukraine's World Cup odyssey and book Italy a place in the World Cup semi-finals.

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Czech Republic 0 Italy 2 Italy comfortably beat 10-man Czech Republic to progress to the last 16 of the World Cup as Group E winners.

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Italy 1 USA 1 The United States earned a vital point as they battled to a 1-1 draw with Italy in a World Cup match with three sending-offs.

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• Italy 2 Ghana 0