Confusion reigned as Materazzi lay prone, but the fourth official saw the assault and to the disbelief of all inside Berlin's Olympic Stadium, Zidane was shown the red card. It was a calamity on all ...

It was a headbutt no soccer fan will ever forget. In the 2006 World Cup Final, France's best player Zinedine Zidane was shown a red card after headbutting Italian midfielder Marco Materazzi in ...

The bombshell decision came 12 years after another stunning blow from Zidane brought a controversial close to the midfielder’s international career. He earned a red card in the 2006 World Cup ...

But in the background, he had received death ... “It is a pity… that the World Cup comes to an end with a red card.” Materazzi and Zidane bumped into each other in the parking lot of a ...

I did not bring up Zidane's mother; for me a mother is sacred." Zinedine Zidane's last professional game ended with a red card Zidane, who was born and grew up in Marseille, is the son of Algerian ...

Zidane has a history of losing his temper under duress in important games. During the 1998 World Cup playoffs, he received a red card for stomping on a player from Saudi Arabia. Coach Raymond ...

Read about, and watch footage of, Zinedine Zidane’s last act as a player: an infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the Germany 2006 final. The final moments of Zinedine Zidane’s ...

Confusion reigned as Materazzi lay prone, but the fourth official saw the assault and to the disbelief of all inside Berlin's Olympic Stadium, Zidane was shown the red card. It was a calamity on ...