The head butt of Zidane to Materazzi

IN THE WORLD-WIDE OF 2006

Materazzi's confession: This he said to Zidane before the header

Published:3/05/2020 - 18:31h

Updated:3/05/2020 - 18:32h

The final of the World-wide of 2006 was marked, in addition to by the victory of Italy in front of France, by the head butt that Zidane gave him to Materazzi and that caused his expulsion

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14 years ago, the selection of Italy achieved to carry the World-wide , that this year 2006 had celebrated in Germany. The picture 'azzurro', that had presented in the final after having deleted to the selection germana, hostess of the championship, confronted to the selection of France, that arrived in good willing form to repeat the gesta of 1998 in the party of farewell of Zinedine Zidane.

The current technician of the Real Madrid had decided to hang the boots after this World-wide and, in fact, began to write the history of the final with the launching to the 'Panenka' of a penalti that gave in the crossbar, bounced inside the goal of Gianluigi Buffon and finish exceeding the line and going up to the marker. Still in the first time, Marco Materrazzi finished a kickoff of corner bounced by Andrea Pirlo to put the 1-1 definite.

This final resolved in favour of the Italians in the batch of penaltis but, before it arrived this moment, produced one of the most iconic incidents of the history of the football and of the world-wide that was starred, besides, by the two goleadores. Zidane, that remember that it was in the party of his official retreat like player in active, was expelled by propinarle a head butt in the breast to Materazzi.

The images remember by the coolness of the French, that with an astounding tranquility put in front of the Italian and him cabeceó without mercy leaving him tended on the lawn. The own Materazzi explained 14 years afterwards how lived the incident and even what said with Zidane in a straight across of Instagram with Nicolò Of Devitiis, of the television program Him Iene.

The explanations of Materazzi

The then defence of the Inter of Milan​ explained that the action of the current trainer madridista him pilló by surprise and even that all could have gone to more."The head butt of Zidane? It did not expect it in this moment. Had the luck of not expecting this episode, because to have ready state, both would have finished in the changing rooms", manifested.

"Had a contact in the area. He marked the goal of France in the first time and the seleccionador (Marcello Lippi) asked me that it marked him. After the first crash I apologised him and he reacted badly. In the third crash him fruncí the ceño and he said me: 'I will give You my T-shirt later'. I answered him that it preferred to his sister before that his T-shirt", explained, on this event that took place in the minute 110, already in the second time of the extention.