HEADLINES

• Massive police reinforcements in France will be on duty for the World Cup final and the interior minister urged revelers not to spoil the party by getting out of hand. Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday’s festivities must “not be ruined by a minority of thugs,” and his ministry said Friday that 4,000 extra police would be on patrol for the France-Italy match.

• Forwards Francesco Totti and Luca Toni were among seven Italians on the 23-man World Cup all-star squad, which also included Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry of France. The squad, selected by FIFA’s Technical Study Group, was announced two days ahead of the championship match between Italy and France. Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluca Zambrotta, Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso also made the team from Italy, while Lilian Thuram was a fourth French player. Ze Roberto was the only Brazil player included after the defending champions were knocked out in the quarterfinals. Host Germany, which lost to Italy in the semifinals, had four players on the squad, including captain Michael Ballack, striker Miroslav Klose and goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.

STATS

Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon will set a World Cup record if he keeps France scoreless for the first 65 minutes of the final. That would make it 518 minutes since Cristian Zaccardo’s goal, beating fellow Italian Walter Zenga’s mark of 517 scoreless minutes at the 1990 World Cup.

QUOTABLE

“Sunday night they’ll be dancing in the streets of Rome. All over Italy, they’ll be dancing the Tarantella and they’re going to be drinking the wine and they’re going to be eating the bread and they’re going to be busting all over with pasta. It’s going to be a big day.” – Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda on his prediction for Sunday’s World Cup final between Italy and France.