2006 FIFA World Cup Final - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_FinalItaly's campaign in the tournament was accompanied by open pessimism due to the controversy caused by the Serie A scandal. Italy were drawn in Group E alongside Ghana, the United States, and Czech Republic, opening against Ghana on 12 June 2006. Italy took the lead through midfielder Andrea Pirlo in the 40th minute, eventually winning the match by a score of 2–0. In their next match against the United States on 17 June, Italy took the lead in the 22nd minute with an Albert…
2006 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2006_FIFA_World_CupThe finals tournament of the 2006 World Cup began on 9 June. The 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each, within which the teams competed in a round-robin tournament to determine which two of those four teams would advance to the sixteen-team knock-out stage, which started on 24 June.
2006 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_CupThe knockout stage involved the sixteen teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final. There was also a play-off to decide third/fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time(two 15-minute halves); if scores were still leve…