With France and Italy 1-1 in extra time Sunday, Zidane head-butted Italy defender Marco Materazzi in the chest and got a red card. France went on to lose the game on penalty kicks.

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 ...

July 10, 2006 12:35 IST The most memorable moment of the World Cup final, Zinedine Zidane's [] butt to the chest of Italian defender Marco Materazzi, was rightly punished by a red card even though ...

Zidane then chose to cast a giant shadow over his reputation and career with a senseless headbutt to the chest of Italy defender Marco Materazzi, who equalised his early spot-kick, in extra-time.

THE taunt that sparked the shameful World Cup headbutt by Zinedine Zidane was revealed last night. He assaulted the Italy defender Marco Materazzi after the pair traded insults about each other's ...

But in the background, ... 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 Milan hotel in November 2010 instead.

Zinedine Zidane was once shown a straight red card against Deportivo, the club he will face as he opens his managerial reign with Real Madrid this Saturday. The incident took place in a Champions ...

Zinedine Zidane was frustrated with Jesus Vallejo's red card on a night when everything else went Real Madrid's way in the Copa del Rey. The Madrid coach named an experimental line-up at third ...

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner was presented with the red card that sent French star Zinedine Zidane off the field in the recent Football World Cup Final, which was won by Italy.

Zinedine Zidane has written glorious chapters in football's recent history - how sad that he should save the most shameful episode for the final page of his story. ... Zidane was shown the red card.