Italy defeated Czech Republic 2-0 on Thursday in Hamburg. With this win, Italy is placed on the top of Group E with seven points in its kitty. This win also helped Italy avoid a second round match with Brazil.

In the 26th minute, Marco Materazzi scored the first goal of the match. The goal was special for him as it was his first goal in 29 international appearances. Filippo Inzaghi scored the second goal of the match in the 87th minute. This was his 22nd goal in 50 international games.

Czech Republic had to play with 10 players as Jan Polak was shown his second yellow card. The Czech team got out of the World Cup 2006 as they had scored only three points in the first round. Italy plays the second-placed team from Group F on Monday in Kaiserslautern. Ghana finished at second place in Group F with six points.