Confrontation with Marco Materazzi

Confrontation with Marco Materazzi



In the 110th minute of the World Cup final against Italy, Zidane was sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi(watch vidoe above) in the chest in an off the ball incident. The two players exchanged words before Zidane began to walk away from him. Materazzi then shouted something to Zidane, who turned around, made a run-up and head-butted Materazzi in the chest, sending him to the ground. Although play was halted, referee Horacio Elizondo did not appear to have seen the confrontation. According to match official's reports, Fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo informed Elizondo of the incident through his earphones. After consulting his assistant referees, Elizondo showed Zidane the red card and sent him off.

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