Explosive Start

And an explosive start to the final, just what we wanted. France going ahead in just seven minutes with a controversial penalty cheekily taken by Zidane. But it was Marco Materazzi who conceded the penalty equalized for the Italians with a thunderous header. Luca Toni came close to give Italians the lead when his header hit the cross bar. Both teams are playing a very flowing football with Italians slightly on top but there is hardly anything between them.

PS: Its half time in Berlin