France v Portugal, 05 July 2006

Kick-Off: 21:00 Local (20:00 BST) Assistant referees: Wálter Rial (Uruguay) Pablo Fandino (Uruguay) Fourth official: Mark Shield (Australia) Fifth official: Nathan Gibson (Australia) Man of the Match: Lilian Thuram (France) France booked a World Cup final spot against Italy after Zinedine Zidane's first-half penalty earned victory over a disappointing Portugal in Munich. Zidane struck coolly past Ricardo on 33 minutes after Thierry Henry was tripped inside the box by Ricardo Carvalho. Henry saw another shot trickle wide and Franck Ribery forced Ricardo to save. Luis Figo and Deco saw shots saved by Fabien Barthez and Figo nodded over late on, but France stayed in control and thoroughly deserved their win. France have only met Portugal competitively on two previous occasions - both in the semi-finals of the European Championships. In 1984 in Marseilles, France won 3-2 after extra time with Michel Platini scoring the winner in the 119th minute. In 2000 in Brussels, France won 2-1 during extra time with a Golden Goal by Zinedine Zidane in the 117th minute. In both tournaments, France went on to win the trophy - in 1982 against Spain and in 2000 against Italy.