Italy brush Ukraine aside 3-0 to reach semi-final
{{date|June 30, 2006}}

[[Image:World Cup 2006 logo.png|left|50px]]Italy took their chances to take a comfortable win in their Fifa World Cup quarter-final match against Ukraine, Friday.

[[Image:AOL-Arena.jpg|right|250px|thumb|AOL Arena, Hamburg.]]

Gianluca Zambrotta scored the game winner after six minutes and Luca Toni netted a double in the second half to secure a semi-final game with the host nation, Germany.

Zambrotta's early goal for Italy was a 30 yard low hard swinging drive that beat the Ukraine keeper at his near post.

Italy played a very effective counter attack game ceding 58 per cent of possession to Ukraine while they equalled their opponents creativity in front of goal with seven shots on target.

Ukraine played good football in the second period and while they were still one goal down were unlucky not to net an equaliser. 
They were up against an Italian defence that had conceded just one goal in the tournament - which was an own goal - and was to complete a third consecutive shut out.

On 48 minutes Gianluigi Buffon made a match-winning save from Maksym Kalinichenko. In the process of tipping the downward header onto the post Buffon head-butted the upright.

As Ukraine upped the pressure Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro then made a crucial winning header clearance as Andiry Shevchenko lurked behind.

When Buffon saved again and Zambrotta cleared off the line from Kalinichenko Ukraine coach Oleg Blohkin rued the missed chances. A minute later an Italian attack led to a corner, taken short Totti's near-post ball met a diving Toni and it was suddenly 2-0.

Andriy Gusin then connected with a header and hit the crossbar but though the Ukraine effort was vigorous on the day they did not score.

Ten minutes after Toni's first World Cup goal, Zambrotta dribbled into the penalty area from the left side and passed the ball to Toni who tapped in his second goal from five yards.

An unsung hero of the match was Gennaro Gattuso whose hard work in midfield earned him Fifa's Man of the Match award.

[[Image:Fifa world cup org.jpg|right|50px]]

==Quarter-finals==

'''Match 58'''
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Attendance: 50'000

==Formations==
===Italy===
[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|- <!--Add five to create new line  -->
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|- <!--Goalkeeper -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]] Gianluigi Buffon (GK)
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|-  <!--Defenders -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Fabio Cannavaro (C)
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Andrea Barzagli 
|
|- <!--Defensive midfield players -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Gianluca Zambrotta [[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Fabio Grosso
|-  <!-- Midfield players / Wingers -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Mauro Camoranesi
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Gennaro Gattuso
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Simone Perrotta
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Andrea Pirlo
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|-   <!-- Strikers -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Luca toni [[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]][[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|11px|bottom]]Francesco Totti
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|}

''Substitutes''
* 68' Simone Barone for Pirlo
* 68' Massimo Oddo for Camoranesi
* 77' Cristian Zaccardo for Gattuso

Coach: Marcello Lippi

[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''
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===Ukraine===
[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|-
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|-  <!-- Goalkeeper -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (GK)
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|-   <!-- Defenders -->
|  
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Andriy Nesmachnyi
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Andriy Rusol
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Vyacheslav Sviderskyi 16'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 
|
|-  <!-- Defensive midfield player -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Anatoliy Tymoschuk
|
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Oleg Shelayev
|-   <!-- Midfield player / Wingers -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Oleg Gusev 
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Andriy Gusin
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Maksym Kalinichenko 21'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
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|-  <!-- Strikers -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Andriy Shevchenko (C)
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]]Artem Milevskiy 67'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 20' Andriy Vorobey for Sviderskyi
* 47'+ Vladyslav Vashchuk for Andriy Rusol
* 72' Oleksiy Belik for Milevskiy

Coach: Oleg Blohkin

[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''

==Officials==

[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|25px]] Referee: Frank De Bleeckere [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[image:Red card.svg|10px]]

[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Peter Hermans

[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Walter Vromans

[[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|15px]] Fourth referee: Toru Kawikawa

[[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|15px]] Fifth referee: Yoshikazu Hiroshima

==Related news==

[[Germany master penalties to beat Argentina to semi-final spot]]

==Sources==
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|pub=BBC Online
|date=June 30, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/match/58/mr.html
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50pxItaly took their chances to take a comfortable win in their Fifa World Cup quarter-final match against Ukraine, Friday.

AOL Arena, Hamburg.

Gianluca Zambrotta scored the game winner after six minutes and Luca Toni netted a double in the second half to secure a semi-final game with the host nation, Germany.

Zambrotta's early goal for Italy was a 30 yard low hard swinging drive that beat the Ukraine keeper at his near post.

Italy played a very effective counter attack game ceding 58 per cent of possession to Ukraine while they equalled their opponents creativity in front of goal with seven shots on target.

Ukraine played good football in the second period and while they were still one goal down were unlucky not to net an equaliser. 
They were up against an Italian defence that had conceded just one goal in the tournament - which was an own goal - and was to complete a third consecutive shut out.

On 48 minutes Gianluigi Buffon made a match-winning save from Maksym Kalinichenko. In the process of tipping the downward header onto the post Buffon head-butted the upright.

As Ukraine upped the pressure Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro then made a crucial winning header clearance as Andiry Shevchenko lurked behind.

When Buffon saved again and Zambrotta cleared off the line from Kalinichenko Ukraine coach Oleg Blohkin rued the missed chances. A minute later an Italian attack led to a corner, taken short Totti's near-post ball met a diving Toni and it was suddenly 2-0.

Andriy Gusin then connected with a header and hit the crossbar but though the Ukraine effort was vigorous on the day they did not score.

Ten minutes after Toni's first World Cup goal, Zambrotta dribbled into the penalty area from the left side and passed the ball to Toni who tapped in his second goal from five yards.

An unsung hero of the match was Gennaro Gattuso whose hard work in midfield earned him Fifa's Man of the Match award.

50px

Attendance: 50'000


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottom Gianluigi Buffon (GK)

bottomFabio Cannavaro (C)

bottomAndrea Barzagli 

bottomGianluca Zambrotta 12px

bottomFabio Grosso

bottomMauro Camoranesi

bottomGennaro Gattuso

bottomSimone Perrotta

bottomAndrea Pirlo

bottomLuca toni 12px12px

bottomFrancesco Totti

Substitutes
* 68' Simone Barone for Pirlo
* 68' Massimo Oddo for Camoranesi
* 77' Cristian Zaccardo for Gattuso

Coach: Marcello Lippi

12px denotes one goal scored.
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Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottomOleksandr Shovkovskyi (GK)

bottomAndriy Nesmachnyi

bottomAndriy Rusol

bottomVyacheslav Sviderskyi 16'10px 

bottomAnatoliy Tymoschuk

bottomOleg Shelayev

bottomOleg Gusev 

bottomAndriy Gusin

bottomMaksym Kalinichenko 21'10px

bottomAndriy Shevchenko (C)

bottomArtem Milevskiy 67'10px

Substitutes
* 20' Andriy Vorobey for Sviderskyi
* 47'+ Vladyslav Vashchuk for Andriy Rusol
* 72' Oleksiy Belik for Milevskiy

Coach: Oleg Blohkin

12px denotes one goal scored.

20px Assistant referee: Peter Hermans

20px Assistant referee: Walter Vromans

15px Fourth referee: Toru Kawikawa

15px Fifth referee: Yoshikazu Hiroshima

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