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The blues of Italy overcome Les Bleus
Published on Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 09:08, Updated on Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 12:09 in 
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World Cup winners Italy will make a triumphant return home, with a penalty shootout victory over France in the final having restored pride to their scandal-tainted national game. The Italians held their nerve before a television audience of more than a billion people on Monday morning to convert five flawless penalties into an astounding victory. The parting image for the France captain will forever be him rearing back in anger, lowering his head and launching his crown into the chest of Italy defender Marco Materazzi's chest.
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