marcello lippi captained italy in the 2006 world cup.
marcello lippi captained italy in the 2006 world cup.
who captained italy in the 2006 world cup?
marcello lippi
cannavaro captained italy throughout their successful 2006 world cup campaign with composure and aplomb under manager marcello lippi. one of his key performances came in a 2–0 extra-time win against hosts germany in the semi-finals of the tournament: in the last minute of extra-time, with italy leading 1–0 and facing a german attack, cannavaro outjumped per mertesacker to clear the ball from his area. he subsequently ran forward to dispossess lukas podolski, and carried the ball up to francesco totti in midfield, who started the play that led to italy's second goal, which was scored by alessandro del piero from an assist by alberto gilardino. however, cannavaro's crowning moment was lifting the world cup trophy on 9 july 2006, the night of his 100th cap. cannavaro did not receive a single yellow or red card during the 690 minutes he played in the tournament. his defensive performance in the final earned him the nickname of "wall of berlin", as the final was played in berlin.
fabio cannavaro
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the 2006 world cup was the 18th edition of the fifa international association football tournament.









































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