International Career
Grosso was a member of the 2006 FIFA World Cup winning team.
On 4 July 2006, Grosso scored the first goal against Germany in the 119th minute, with a curling left-footed strike beyond the reach of Jens Lehmann into the Germans' net from the edge of the box and famously ran about screaming "I don't believe it!" as his teammates celebrated. In the final five days later, he scored the winning penalty against France, giving Italy their fourth World Cup.
Grosso was also included in Roberto Donadoni's European Cup team in 2008 and was the first choice left back in Marcello Lippi's Azzurri squad.
He was called up to the pre-World Cup training camp along with team-mates Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Cannavaro, Nicola Legrottaglie, Mauro Camoranesi, Antonio Candreva, Claudio Marchisio and Vincenzo Iaquinta on 4–5 May and was included in the 30-men preliminary squad announced on 11 May. However in the second training camp, he was dropped along with Juventus team-mate Candreva.
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