Jul 8, 2006, 12:07 GMT
Berlin - Italy go into Sunday's World Cup final against France as slight favourites with the bookmakers although Les Blues striker Thierry Henry is the player most reckon will score first.
Ladbrokes are offering odds of 11/8 on the Azzurri sealing a win in 90 minutes with France at 15/8 while online bookmaker Paddy Power has both countries at 9/5 to win in regulation time.
France are evens to lift the cup with Paddy Power while Italy are 8/11.
Arsenal striker Henry is 4/1 with Ladbrokes to net the first goal (90 minutes only) while Paddy Power offer more generous odds of 11/2. Paddy Power also have Luca Toni at 11/2.
France captain Zinedine Zidane is at 11/1, midfielder Patrick Vieira 28/1 while Italy's semi-final goalscoring hero Fabio Grosso is at 40/1.
Zidane may not be favourite to net the first goal in Sunday's final but Paddy Power expect the Real Madrid midfielder to have a major influence on proceedings, offering odds of just 4/1 on the 34- year-old being named man of the match.
Vieira is at 8/1 to be the first man into referee Horacio Elizondo's book with the same odds offered on Italy's Marco Materazzi and Mauro Camoranesi being the first players to see yellow.
Although Elizondo has brandished 22 yellow and two red cards in his four World Cup games to date, Paddy Power are offering what appear generous odds of 11/5 that a player will walk within 90 minutes.
And for those punters not too sure about their footballing knowledge, Ladbrokes are offering odds of evens on Italy or France to kick off the match.
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