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By the middle of 1943 , however , with victory in North Africa in hand , the fall of Italy near , and the first Russian victories in the east , the Americans renewed their call for a cross-Channel attack . Presenting himself to the people , the dictator made a vow before them to offer in sacrifice the whole product of the next season , all Italy over , of the cows , goats , swine , sheep , both in the mountains and the plains ; and to celebrate musical festivities with an expenditure of the precise sum of 333 sestertia and 333 denarii , with one-third of a denarius over . Comparisons of Italy with other democracies , which invariably find Italy wanting , are oftentimes superficial , wrong-headed , or just simply wrong . German attitude of Italy fears , or at least hesitates , to unleash a European war by intervening against Germany . In any case , the art film turned out to be a strange portent of real life , when the soccer 2006 World Cup final was played on Sunday afternoon on July 9 , 2006 - - Italy won , but only after Zidane had again been sent off in the last minutes for headbutting an opposing player , the Italian Marco Materazzi .