GERMANY: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Fans reaction to France defeating Portugal 1-0 in their semi-final match at the World Cup tournament

Record ID: 663516

  • Title: GERMANY: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Fans reaction to France defeating Portugal 1-0 in their semi-final match at the World Cup tournament
  • Date: 7th July 2006
  • Summary: (BN16) MUNICH, GERMANY (JULY 5, 2006) (REUTERS) (NIGHT VIEWS) PAN: ACROSS CROWDS SEATED IN PUBLIC VIEWING AREA, WATCHING MATCH CLOSE UP: OF FRANCE FANS WITH PAINTED FACES CLAPPING CLOSE UP: PORTUGAL FAN GETTING ANGRY AND SHOUTING AT SCREEN WIDE: CROWDS STANDING AND WATCHING SCREEN MID VIEW: TRIO OF MALE FRANCE FANS JUMPING AND HUGGING EACH OTHER CLOSE UP / PAN: PAIR OF MAL
  • Embargoed: 22nd July 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAYXYS3VFYCDNY8ZMPP4B2RDRC
  • Story Text: Zinedine Zidane made sure the last match of his glittering career would be a World Cup final when he presented France with a 1-0 win over Portugal in a tense semi-final on Wednesday (July 5).
    Eight years after their Zidane-inspired home triumph, the ageing French will feature in the title match of the showcase tournament for the second time when they face Italy on Sunday in Berlin.
    The 34-year-old Zidane, who retires after the finals, got the winner after 33 minutes by calmly converting a penalty after Thierry Henry's ankle was caught by Ricardo Carvalho.
    "We already beat Italy in 2000 in the European Cup and we are not scared of them. We are going to be world champions like we were in 1998," said France fan Basile as he celebrated the victory.
    Portugal, playing in their second semi-final after reaching the same stage in 1966 with Eusebio, have to be content to meet hosts Germany for third place on Saturday in Stuttgart.
    The Euro 2004 runners-up kept trying but were repeatedly denied by a watertight defence at the centre of which Thuram shone with calm authority before being named Man of the Match.
    "It was a lot of bad luck. We just weren't lucky enough. We did all the rest. France had the luck of the penalty. It is sad," said Portugal fan Hugo, who had viewed the match from the public viewing area in Munich.
    Four of the French team which won the World Cup in Paris in 1998, France's only previous final, were playing against Portugal.
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