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Marco Materazzi scored in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final for Italy as they went on to defeat France on penalties. Chelsea’s Florent Malouda was fouled by Materazzi for the penalty which gave France an early lead. • Drogba scored for Marseille in a 1 World Cup Football Continued

European champions Spain comfortably saw off France 2-0 in a warm-up match yesterday in Paris. Les Bleus continued to look short on confidence after having qualified for the World Cup via a controversial playoff against Ireland and the crowd vented World Cup Football Continued

Olympique Lyon defeated them 1-0 in France and on Wednesday night drew 1-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu to go through and send Madrid crashing out. Yet again. It could even have been worse. Madrid had been impressive in the first half but abysmal in the World Cup Football Continued

France did not have an easy passage to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. Second in Group 7 behind Serbia, Les Bleus eventually squeezed past Republic of Ireland in the play-offs to reach the world finals for the 13th time in their history. The World Cup Football Continued

Their prospects improved with a 2-0 victory over France in the semi-final but a West German side in transition were undone in the final when losing 3-2 to a Diego Maradona-inspired Argentina in the Azteca Stadium. Beckenbauer, as we have seen, was no World Cup Football Continued