🎥 Zidane's final act, headbutt on Materazzi turns 20

🎥 Zidane's final act, headbutt on Materazzi turns 20 Who remembers this?  One of the most memorable moments in FIFA World Cup history turns 20 this Thursday (9). It was on July 9, but in 2006, that Zidane was sent off during the World Cup final in Germany after headbutting Materazzi. It was the last play for the No. 10 with the French national team. And it would mark the future triumph of Buffon, Pirlo, Totti and Del Piero’s Azzurra . The match at the Olympiastadion in Berlin was already in the second half of extra time. And the 1-1 score from regular time — thanks to goals from none other than Zidane and Materazzi — still stood. Then the already mentioned protagonists started arguing in the 110th minute. The clash ended with the midfielder striking the defender and being sent off right after. The images of the incident (and of Zizou leaving the pitch) went down in history.  📸 JOHN MACDOUGALL 📸 PATRIK STOLLARZ - 2006 AFP 📸 ROBERTO SCHMIDT Without Zidane, who had scored France’s goal from the penalty spot, France then watched Italy stay perfect to win the shootout 5-3. Including Materazzi converting his kick. Trezeguet missed for France. After the final, Zidane revealed that the defender had provoked him by talking about his sister, who was hospitalized at the time. And the Italian, in turn, said he had already been the target of provocation.  The runner-up finish in Germany was the final act of a generation that made history by winning France’s first World Cup, in 1998, and then Euro 2000 as well. France would become world champion again in 2018 and is now chasing a third straight final.  Italy, meanwhile, only played in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups — going out in the group stage both times — before beginning its current drought away from the tournament. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.