22 June 2006: Czech Republic 0-2 Italy (Hamburg)
Italy won convincingly to finish top of Group E and eliminate the Czech Republic from the World Cup. Substitute Marco Materazzi scored the opening goal with a powerful header from Francesco Totti's corner. The Czech's hopes of progress effectively ended when Jan Polak was sent off for a second bookable offence in first-half stoppage time. And Filippo Inzaghi killed the game off near the end when he broke from almost halfway to round Petr Cech and score.
Czech Republic: Cech, Grygera, Kovac (Heinz 78), Rozehnal, Jankulovski, Plasil, Polak (Sent off 45), Nedved, Poborsky (Stajner 46), Rosicky, Baros (Jarolim 64).
Italy: Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Nesta (Materazzi 17), Grosso, Camoranesi (Barone 73), Pirlo, Perrotta, Gattuso, Totti, Gilardino (Inzaghi 60).
Ref: Benito Archundia Tellez (Mexico).
FIFA man of the match: Marco Materazzi.
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