When the World Watched: Italy 2006
by
Thomas Cotton
ZFF goes Football
Every player in Italy's squad for the 2006 World Cup came from the domestic league. But on the eve of the tournament, calcio was facing pandemonium: Match-fixing at the highest level shook Serie A. Even the proud "Squadra Azzurra" was suspected of being involved in the scandal. Using archive footage and interviews with the head coach at the time, Marcello Lippi, and player legends such as Gianluigi Buffon and Fabio Cannavaro, the film offers a unique insight into the Italian camp and tells how the Azzurri reconciled their country with its greatest passion: Football.
- Genre: DOK: Sports
- Country, Year: UK, 2022
- Runtime: 73 Min
- Languages: English, Italian
- Subtitles: English
- Director: Thomas Cotton
- Cast: Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro del Piero, Fabio Grosso, Marcello Lippi, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Toni, Gianluca Zambrotta
- Screenplay: Thomas Cotton, Richard Makinson
- Cinematography: James Turner
- Editors: Stewart Duff, Robert Bates
- Music: Aaron May, David Ridley
- Producers: Sep Cipriano, Paul Redman, James Reilly, Tim Tschiersch, John McKenna, Simon Corney, Richard Makinson, Thomas Cotton
- Production Companies: FIFA, Noah Media Group
