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Among the eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals, we find all the former winners with the exception of Uruguay, winners twice in 1930 and 1950. Portugal and Ukraine are the two teams that are exceptions in no having never reached the World Cup final. England and Portugal draw 0-0 after extra time, and the Portuguese qualify on penalties. With two wins and a draw in the first round, they are also the 14th team in history to return home prematurely without a defeat and the only one not to score a single goal in a penalty shootout (Chovkovsky slows down the strikes from Streller and Cabanas, while Barnetta sends his own to the crossbar). Sporting director Franck Dumas, who took over the interim, then experienced unexpected results (notably winning victories on the field of Olympique de Marseille and Toulouse FC) but could not prevent the descent on the evening of the last day. Sébastien Bazin, Managing Director of the European branch of Colony Capital, the majority shareholder, then took over the interim presidency.
France took the advantage in the 7th minute of play on a penalty – considered "very severe" by Arsène Wenger – from Zidane obtained following contact between Materazzi and Malouda, who had managed to break through the Italian defense. However, it was Mexican captain Rafael Márquez who opened the scoring for his team in the 6th minute of play. In the event of a further tie, the top scorer is the one with the lowest playing time during the World Cup. During extra time, in the 100th minute, Franck Ribéry attempted a shot that passed a few centimeters from the cages of a beaten Buffon and in the 104th minute, the latter managed to divert a header from Zidane which was heading under the bar. Ukraine then get a few chances, including a cross headed by Andri Houssine which hits the crossbar of Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. Zidane scores the penalty with a panenka which hits the crossbar and rebounds behind Italian goalkeeper Buffon's goal line. In a spirited end to the first half, Clint Dempsey equalized with a powerful strike from the six-yard line before the Ghanaians regained the 2-1 lead from a penalty.
The Spanish team took the lead 1-0 on a penalty following a foul by Lilian Thuram on Pablo Ibáñez: French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez started on the right side but David Villa managed to score. On penalties, the second French shooter David Trezeguet misses his attempt: his ball hits the crossbar and falls a few centimeters in front of the goal line. David Beckham prepares his winning free kick in the England-Ecuador game. The following season, the team struggled for a long time in the top three and finally finished sixth in Group A of the second division. The season got off to a flying start, Paris was by far at the top of the championship. ↑ Thierry Berthou, History of Paris Saint-Germain Football-Club (1904-1998), Pages de Foot, 1998, 548 p.. In the 33rd minute, Thierry Henry was hooked by Ricardo Carvalho. In the 57th minute, French domination materialized with a goal from Thierry Henry: a free kick from Zidane shot at the far post was volleyed by Thierry Henry who sent the ball into the Brazilian goal under the crossbar.