Memory Lane: Italy in the 2006 World Cup.

12 June: Italy 2, Ghana 0 
1-0 39' Pirlo, 2-0 82' Iaquinta. Att: 43.000 (Hannover).
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,50 — Fabio Grosso 5,80, Alessandro Nesta 6,70, Fabio Cannavaro 7,00, Cristian Zaccardo 6,00 — Daniele De Rossi 6,40, Andrea Pirlo 7,50, Francesco Totti 5,90 (56' Mauro Germán Camoranesi 6,10), Simone Perrotta 7,00 — Luca Toni 6,50 (82' Alessandro Del Piero), Alberto Gilardino 5,80 (64' Vicenzo Iaquinta 6,90). = average: 6,46.


17 June: Italy 1, USA 1
1-0 23' Alberto Gilardino, 1-1 28' og Zaccardo. Sent-off: 29' De Rossi, 45' Mastroeni, 47' Pope. Att: 46.000 (Kaiserslautern). 
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 5,80 — Cristian Zaccardo 5,00 (55' Alessandro Del Piero 5,80), Alessandro Nesta 6,40, Fabio Cannavaro 6,20, Gianluca Zambrotta 6,10 — Daniele De Rossi 3,70, Francesco Totti 5,10 (36' Gennaro Gattuso 6,20), Andrea Pirlo 6,80, Simone Perrotta 5,90 — Luca Toni 5,30 (62' Vincenzo Iaquinta 5,30), Alberto Gilardino 6,40. = average: 5,73.


22 June: Czech Republic 0, Italy 2
0-1 27' Marco Materazzi, 0-2 87' Filippo Inzaghi. Sent-off: 45' Jan Polák. Att: 50.000 (Hamburg).
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 7,20 — Gianluca Zambrotta 6,20, Fabio Cannavaro 7,20, Alessandro Nesta (18' Marco Materazzi 7,40), Fabio Grosso 6,10 — Mauro Camoranesi 5,50 (75' Simone Barone), Gennaro Gattuso 6,10, Andrea Pirlo 6,50, Francesco Totti 5,40, Simone Perrotta 6,10 — Alberto Gilardino 5,90 (62' Filippo Inzaghi 6,50). = average: 6,35.


26 June: Italy 1, Australia 0
1-0 95' Totti penalty. Sent-off: 51' Materazzi. Att: 46.000 (Kaiserslautern).
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,90 — Gianluca Zambrotta 6,90, Fabio Cannavaro 7,30, Marco Materazzi 5,90, Fabio Grosso 6,70 — Simone Perrotta 6,40, Alessandro Del Piero 5,30 (76' Francesco Totti 6,60), Gennaro Gattuso 6,60, Andrea Pirlo 6,00 — Alberto Gilardino 5,40 (46' Vincenzo Iaquinta 5,50), Luca Toni 5,60 (57' Andrea Barzagli 6,10).  = average: 6,20.


30 June: Italy 3, Ukraine 0
1-0 6' Zambrotta, 2-0 60' Toni, 3-0 70' Toni. Att: 50.000 (Hamburg). 
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 7,30 — Gianluca Zambrotta 7,70, Andrea Barzagli 6,30, Fabio Cannavaro 7,30, Fabio Grosso 6,30 — Simone Perrotta 6,40, Mauro Germán Camoranesi 6,20 (69' Massimo Oddo 6,00), Andrea Pirlo 6,20 (69' Simone Barone 6,00), Francesco Totti 6,50, Gennaro Gattuso 7,00 (78' Cristian Zaccardo) — Luca Toni 7,20. = average: 6,65.


4 July: Germany 0, Italy 2 aet
0-1 119' Grosso, 0-2 120' Del Piero. Att: 65.000 (Dortmund).
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 7,60 — Gianluca Zambrotta 7,10, Marco Materazzi 7,00, Fabio Cannavaro 7,80, Fabio Grosso 8,00 — Simone Perrotta 6,60 (105' Alessandro Del Piero 7,10), Andrea Pirlo 7,30, Francesco Totti 6,50, Gennaro Gattuso 7,20, Mauro Germán Camoranesi 6,30 (91' Vincenzo Iaquinta 6,70) — Luca Toni 5,90 (75' Alberto Gilardino 6,80).  = average: 6,99.


9 July: France 1, Italy 1 (3-5 penalties)
1-0 8' Zidane penalty, 1-1 9' Materazzi. Sent-off: 110' Zidane. Att: 72.000 (Berlin).
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 7,40 — Gianluca Zambrotta 6,70, Marco Materazzi 7,60, Fabio Cannavaro 7,70, Fabio Grosso 7,50 — Mauro Germán Camoranesi 6,30 (86' Alessandro Del Piero 6,20), Andrea Pirlo 7,00, Gennaro Gattuso 7,30, Francesco Totti 5,50 (62' Daniele De Rossi 6,30), Simone Perrotta 5,70 (62' Vincenzo Iaquinta 6,10) — Luca Toni 5,90. = average: 6,66.