Behind The News: Zidane's World Cup headbutt 20 years on | AFP
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It was the 2006 World Cup Final, Zinedine Zidane was French captain, and he'd announced that at the end of the game he would retire. Yet as the match went to extra time, Zidane did something extraordinary: he headbutted one of the opposing players, Italy's Marco Materazzi, a move which got Zidane sent off before France lost the final on penalties. Materazzi later said he'd provoked Zidane by insulting his sister, but didn't expect such a violent response. The incident happened away from the
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