 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Gilardino aive nhengo yechikwata cheItaly chevarume makumi maviri nevatatu chakakunda mukombe weFIFA World Cup muna 2006. Akatamba mumitambo miviri yekutanga, achihwina zvibodzwa mumutambo wechipiri weboka renyika yake, 11 dhizaini neUnited States, aine musoro wekudonha kubva pakurova kwemahara naAndrea Pirlo; Akauya semutsivi mumutambo we semifinal nevakagamuchira Germany, achirova mbiru mukuwedzera nguva; muminiti yekupedzisira yehafu yechipiri yekuwedzera nguva, akapa rubatsiro rwechinangwa chaAlessandro Del Piero maminetsi maviri mushure mechinangwa chekutanga, achiisa chisimbiso che Azzurri 20 kukunda, izvo zvakavawanisa nzvimbo mufainari; Italy yakazokunda France 53 pa penalty mufainari, zvichitevera 11 draw mushure mekuwedzerwa nguva. 