Against all odds, as you all can understand, and thanks to a two-stroke penalty for Mirco Bergamasco, in the final of the encounter, Italy has been imposed by 22-21 to France and not only leaves the reigning Six Nations without options to retain the title, but makes history ... since it is the first time imposed on the 'XV del Gallo' in a tournament in which the Azzurri were incorporated in the year 2000.Los eleven previous meetings between the two countries along the Mediterranean with comfortable victories were over Gauls, being the tightest interestingly the first two (42-31 in 2000 and 19-30 in 2001), while the more 'bleeding' was 2005, with a 13-56 for the French, who two years ago also gave a feast in the Flaminio: 8-50. In overall total clashes between the two national teams in any competition or 'test match' friendly, which amounted to a total of 31, only had a precedent: when Italy won in 1997 in Grenoble Cup match in Europe .
That is, the twelfth was the charm ... and curiously when least expected, as the Italian game was not convinced in the three previous meetings, in addition, France had achieved its greatest victories before the 'Azzurri' just in Rome. But rugby is well and Italy is taking steps forward in the Six Nations ... where and only needs to win to Ireland, something that was about to do this year on the opening day , and Inglaterra.Además, men of Nick Mallet thrilled after the match, the coach who will leave Italian squad after the World Cup in New Zealand in September and October, make sure to close a shameful new edition without the Wooden Spoon, that wins only four of the twelve units and as you all know it takes the team that loses all games in one edition. And the coup carried out by Mirco, five minutes from time and five after the historic victory that put the 'throw' of a between clubs kick, allowed Italy released his locker wins this year, leaving Scotland as the only team that has yet to score a single point ... Difficult it will do tomorrow. 
The match marked by the events celebrating the 150th anniversary of Italian unification by Giuseppe Garibaldi, born in June 1882 in the French city of Nice today, but which then belonged to the Italian Kingdom of Piedmont-and be held in Italy this March 17, had two distinct parts. France, who came to fall at Twickenham a fortnight ago and with some other change in its fifteenth holder, finished disappointing, but not only defeat, but by what is offered on the 'grass'. With seven new developments to the team that he lost to Wales last weekend, the Italian squad was just ahead on the scoreboard until the final moments for ten minutes that passed between the first of five penalty strokes happened between suits the Italian wing of the seven that ran, and the first test of the Gauls. The kind of wing Vincent Clerc he turned to the scoreboard and it was gradually stretched by two blows of punishment, a trial and the subsequent conversion that led the signing of a Morgan Parra and grateful to have recovered from the ownership, loss at Twickenham in front of his front Yachvili.El injury by 6-18 in the absence of something less than an hour to play seemed final. However, in only twelve minutes, a mark of defender Andrea Masi, who was elected 'Best Player of the Match', and a conversion and two penalty strokes transformed by Mirco Bergamasco, who had earlier missed two others, put the marker in a exciting 16-18 in the absence of a quarter hour. 
France seemed to wake from their slumber and then a penalty stroke past by Parra, just after the Duc Trinh missed a drop attempt, walked back to his team with five points. But the claw and push Italian, with a physical game and power, your best bet over the past twelve years, cowering and turned to a rival that he saw two shots back Bergamasco gave the score and put him second and final time behind the five missing marcador.Pese minutes, the French were well-plated connections and endured by the containment of an Italian front well accustomed to wear and ended up celebrating with the team and the fans their first Six Nations triumph in 2011. But above all and most importantly, the fact debut against their neighbors, one of the three teams to which he needed to win in the history of this beautiful and historic competition. 
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