It proved effective as Cassano was substituted by Italy Coach Cesare Prandelli at half time.
In some respects, it was almost as bizarre as Madonna's performance at half time.
Liedson, who came on at half time, did little until his rose to head home a corner.
Such was Malbranque's first-half dominance that Fulham right-back Chris Baird was replaced at half time by Volz.
Chelsea led 1-0 at half time in a game that stammered and stuttered for the first 45 minutes.
Wales were 16-6 down at half time in Gatland's first game in charge since his appointment in November.
After being shocked by Luke Robinson's early try, Warrington ran in four tries to lead 20-10 at half time.
"I was disappointed with the first half, but we re-grouped at half time and hung in there, " said the Kiwi.
The visitors, a distant last in the Magners League, led 9-8 at half time thanks to the kicking of Ian Keatley.
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Jenkins converted to cut the deficit to a point at half time.
Malawi coach Kinnah Phirri then made what proved to be an inspired substitution at half time bringing on Chiukepo Msowoya to replace David Banda.
Portugal led 1-0 against North Korea at half time but a ruthless attacking display in the second half proved too much for their opponents.
Pape Sarr, who started the game against Denmark but asked to be substituted at half time, took a full part in the 90 minute session.
The home side looked comfortable at 12-0 up at half time after tries from Craig Stapleton and Lewis Swain with Stefan Ratchford slotting the extras.
With the seething contempt of a coach behind at half time, the new Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives tore into the ruling.
Wales led 9-6 at half time on an occasion made memorable by a post-haka stand-off, but the visitors hit back after the break to win 29-9.
The Knights led 12-10 at half time thanks to two tries from skipper Paul Hughes, but Widnes ran away with the game in the second half.
Down to ten men after having goalkeeper Gomes sent off after ten minutes and 4-0 behind at half time Bales scored a second half hat trick.
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We were under pressure in the last 20 minutes of the first half but changed things at half time and played well in the second half.
Haughton, who had replaced Varndell at half time, gathered the ball to score before Walder added the conversion to seal a memorable win for the Londoners.
Goals from Tore Andre Flo, Kevin Kilbane, Ben Shepherd and Jan Age Fjortoft helped seal the victory after the game had been level at 2-2 at half time.
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Sasa Ognenovski made sure Australia went in with a 2-0 cushion at half time as he fired home a loose ball after Tim Cahill had nodded down a David Carney center.
"I saw the referee at half time and said 'you are due me an apology' and I got spoken to like I was a little boy, " the Hearts boss told BBC Scotland.
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He thought his team lost their way after that goal and admits he gave central midfielders Ian Black and Adrian Mrowiec "a bit of a roasting" at half time for chasing forward.
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"We all stood at half time peering out of the curtains, working out where everybody was, " said Hatty Preston, who had all the show's best comedic lines as Minty, a ditzy PA on a reality TV show.
Valencia coach Unai Emery did not wait to make changes and pushed two strikers up front by sending on Roberto Soldado, who had dropped to the bench after the defeat by Barcelona, for Alejandro Dominguez at half time.
It sees the Bavarian giants slip to eighth in the Bundesliga and to add to van Gaal's woes, reports in Germany said star striker Luca Toni had driven home after being substituted at half time at the Allianz Arena.
"We had the first goal five minutes before half-time, so we were looking at going in at half-time one-nil up, " said Butcher.
Shane Sutherland gave Terry Butcher's Caley Thistle side the lead at half-time before second-half efforts by Richie Foran and Alex MacDonald sealed a deserved win for Inverness.
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