BERLIN -- Italy beat France 5-3 on penalties to win the World Cup final on Sunday night after Zinedine Zidane was sensationally sent off in his last game.
Italy team captain Fabio Cannavaro lifts the World Cup Trophy aloft after his team defeated France in a penalty shootout victory on Sunday night.
AP PHOTOThe match ended 1-1 after extra time, which meant a shootout, and in front of 69,000 fans at Olympic Stadium, Fabio Grosso fired his spot-kick past Fabien Barthez to give Italy the victory after David Trezeguet had hit France's second penalty against the bar.