AZZURRI BLUE IS THE COLOUR AS GERMANY 06 ENDS.

Italy are the new world champions of Association Football!
But they must be one of the most unlikely World Cup winners in history. Few people tipped them before the start of the tournament. SOCCER MAD certainly didn't give them a chance......."The latins might as well forget it too. For the Italians, strikers Alessandro Del Piero and Fillipo Inzaghi have passed their prime, and their successors aren’t quite in the same class".
Losing finalists, France were in the same category in SOCCER MAD'S book........"France may still have Henry, Zidane and Viera, but they don’t have anything like the Class of 98. I think they will find it hard to go beyond the quarterfinal."
But the French steadily improved as the tournament went on, and the Italians put in a couple of excellent performances after a lucky escape against the impressive Australians at the start of the group phase.
Both teams were able to portray European football in very good light, with strong defending, excellent teamwork, and some creative forward play.
A fitting blue-coloured end to the World Cup!