Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt on Marco Materazzi | Germany 2006 | FIFA World Cup

[Music] well what's going on here it wasn't supposed to end this way one of the game's greatest ever players playing his last game as a professional in the biggest fixture on the planet what was the damn thinking of it would be historic but not in a way that anyone could ever have predicted [Applause] zinedine zidane wasn't even supposed to be there having initially retired from international football two years earlier but here he was 34 years old persuaded to play a game representing france at the 2006 fifa world cup germany he proved to be his country's talisman captaining his side as he almost single-handedly led them to the final zidane scored in the round of 16 win over spain in the semi-final against portugal and had assisted terry henry's quarterfinal winner against brazil and he will take a free kick here for the french france these performances would earn him the adidas golden ball award as the tournament's outstanding player however it was what happened in the final that would draw the world's attention like never before that fateful night in berlin the last game he would ever play a second world cup trophy at stake zidane gives france the lead in the most audacious fashion see down here [Applause] one nil to france and sedan on course for signing off his career in style but italy would equalize no more than a dozen minutes later halo's corner italy trailed by a goal and a level a goal scored by defender marco matarazzi [Applause] zidane and matarazzi both on the scoresheet the game tied into extra time and zidane had the chance to write his own glorious ending how different things might have been had this header been as precise as his two in the world cup final eight years before [Applause] five minutes later the moment came as italy thwart an attack and clear their lines sedan jogs past matarazzi words are exchanged and then it happens he's just headed matarazzi in the middle of the chest and what was saddam thinking of tina dean sudan's career ends with being sent off in the world cup final zidane paid the price and so too did his teammates oh and he's in the woodwork despite the drama matarazzi and the italians kept their call in the shootout and it's grosso if he scores italy have won the world cup they have perhaps the most iconic image of the 2006 world cup isn't of the winning captain fabio canavero lifting the trophy but of zidane's lonely walk back past the trophy as he leaves the pitch zidane the flawed genius with a final shocking chapter in his legacy walked off never to play a game the end of a great footballing career marked by a moment of madness

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Length: 3min 58sec (238 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 31 2020