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They briefly exchanged words and Materazzi pulled at Zidane's jersey; Zidane then delivered a headbutt to Materazzi's chest, knocking him to the ground. [ 54 ] [ 51 ] As the game play had switched direction, Buffon protested to the assistant referee who did not see what had happened. [ 56 ]
The sculpture depicts an incident that took place in the 110th minute of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Italy, [2] when Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest after Materazzi had verbally provoked him. [3] Zidane consequently received a red card and was sent off. France lost the match, which ...
After the match went to extra-time, Materazzi and Zidane were involved in a confrontation in the 110th minute, where Materazzi verbally insulted Zidane while tugging his shirt as the latter attempted to walk away, which ended with Zidane headbutting Materazzi and receiving a red card. [93] [94] The game then continued to penalties. Materazzi ...
On 5 November 2006, Zidane appeared in the American animated sitcom Family Guy, seen headbutting an old lady in the episode "Saving Private Brian" as a parody of his headbutt on Materazzi. [233] The infamous headbutt has also been the subject of a lyrical essay by the Belgian novelist Jean-Philippe Toussaint entitled La Mélancolie de Zidane ...
It was released as a one-song CD on 20 July and reached number one on the French charts on 2 August, supplanting "Zidane y va marquer". [3] As of July 2014, it is the 82nd best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 334,000 units sold. [4] There is also a Spanish version of the song. The CD single was released on 28 July 2006, while ...
Zinedine Zidane opened the scoring by converting a controversial 7th-minute penalty kick, [13] conceded by Marco Materazzi, which glanced off the underside of the crossbar and into the goal. Materazzi then levelled the scores in the 19th minute, a header from six yards following an Andrea Pirlo corner from the right.
Italy 1–1 France Italy wins 5–3 on penalties Zinedine Zidane converts a penalty in the 7th minute, only to have the score leveled by Marco Materazzi in the 19th off a corner kick. In extra time, Zidane is sent off in the 110th minute for a headbutt to Materazzi.
Intentional headbutting is irregular in association football and even attempting one will warrant dismissal by a red card. [10] Famously, during the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final between Italy and France, French team captain Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italian player Marco Materazzi, after an angry exchange. Zidane received a red card, and Italy won ...