The most legendary headbutt in football history may not have been kicked into a ball.
A sequence that will remain forever etched in the history of the football. And who made a little more the legend of Zinedine Zidane. This famous final of the 2006 World Cup lost against Italy. Almost no one remembers the score (1-1, 5-3 on penalties). And which already seemed lost for the Blues after the expulsion of “ZZ” (107th minute).
The images are terrible: an altercation with the defender Marco Materazzi, and a full-breasted headbutt. Thus Zidane left the France team.
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A fog which, 17 years later, has not completely dissipated. What could the Italian have said to make Zidane lose his mind like this? We vaguely know that he attacked the Marseillais family. Now we know exactly what he said to her.
This Friday, an interview with the transalpine world champion has been posted by the YouTube channel IFTV. In which he returns to the incident. “He (Zidane) offered me his jersey. I said: No, I prefer your sister”. Headbutt, end of the story, beginning of the legend.
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— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) April 7, 2023