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National Anthems

Zambrotta practicing for when he's committed to the asylum

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Tension builds just before kickoff

Camo & Zambrotta

Baros, Gattuso & Rosicky

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Grandpa Karel Poborsky takes a corner

Camo's got some hair

Nedved & Gattuso exchanged fouls in the first half

But remain friends

Rock 'n' Roll, dude. Rock 'n' Roll.

Gattuso & Jankulovski

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Czechs - some screaming, some grumpy

Nedved takes a first half corner

Nesta goes off injured early in the first half

and he's none too happy about it

Totti delivers the corner for Italy's first goal - from Materazzi!

We'll pretend the action caused the blur

Buffon sprinted the length of the field to celebrate w/teammates

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Goal-scorer and for once not a big pile of crap - Marco Materazzi

Wouldn't be an Italian goal w/o a flare

Ciro Ferarra pokes his head out

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like a dream, a beautiful dream

Paul Newman sweats over his salad dressing

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Gila passes his drink to Milan teammate Marek Jankulovski while doing the chicken dance

Who makes the catch!

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The sun shines briefly on the AOL Arena in Hamburg

Halftime

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Alessandro Del Piero sees his only action of the night

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Alex must hug himself as he gets no love from Lippi

Gilardino gets hammered for about the 134th time

Jankulovski drives in a cross from the left

Baros cries out to Thor “why am I out of focus?”

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Buffon follows through on a goal kick

Gattuso pays the price

Not exactly like playing for Chelsea

Simone Barone on for Camo

Karel Bruckner Czech coach

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“Marek, do you remember when you didn't suck balls?”

“Because we need you to not suck balls starting now.”

Nedved steps up for a free kick

Lippi told to stay put

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I had a really good seat - for 400 euros it fuckin' better be

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Inzaghi rounds Cech to seal the match

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Materazzi learns the meaning of payback

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Nedved & Perotta - Juventus & Roma

Nedved's new dance

My Czech double, with creepy guy looking on in back

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Full time

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Four different groups, four different worlds

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Taking it all in one last time

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Pavel Nedvel

Crosses himself

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and like that he's gone...