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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Argentinian referee Horacio Elizondo approached his linesman. After a brief discussion, he approached Zidane and pulled out a red card. There was a collective gasp from the press box. As the rest ...

France captain Zinedine Zidane was sent off in Sunday's World Cup final defeat for headbutting defender Marco Materazzi in the chest. The midfield star, who has now retired from football, appeared on ...

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 ...

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 ...

And as Italy went on to win 5-3 on penalties, the game is remembered for one of the most shocking scenes in such a setting, as Zinedine Zidane threw his head into the chest of Marco Materazzi.

World Cup Red Card Zidane's Mom: 'I Want Materazzi's Balls on a Platter' French soccer star Zinedine Zidane has spoken out about the red card incident in the World Cup final saying he head-butted ...

Out came the red card for Beckham, England were eliminated on penalties and the country's next great talent faced months of vilification. The 2006 World Cup should have been Zidane's crowning ...

I thought it was a really enjoyable game in which the momentum changed sides several times and contained no little drama - Zinedine Zidane's red card, his early penalty which brought the game to ...