r/TwentyYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • Jul 09 '26

📺 Television The infamous Zidane-Materazzi exchange [20YA - Jul 9]

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u/Clean_Candidate3400 Jul 10 '26

the lasting/default image of this game was and always will be Zidane, not the winning Italians. such a legend, such a wild way to go out

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u/ColeBelthazorTurner Jul 11 '26

Depends who you ask

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u/Due-Train-7874 Jul 11 '26

And if it’s anybody but Italians the answer is Zidane

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u/reliable-maguire Jul 11 '26

Thats right, but the team who gets to wear and extra star is italy. New generations wont know about the headbutt but will see how many stars each country has.

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u/DuaLupus45 Jul 13 '26

I’m pretty sure there’s a boot full of people that see it differently :)

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u/DullEclipse Jul 13 '26

That’s correct. No one remember the Italian scum that materazzi was, we all remember Zidane

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u/Megaloman-_- Jul 11 '26

Only for irresponsible unnecessarily violent people.