It was impossible to return to the last World Cups of football legends without mentioning this crazy evening of July 9, 2006 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
France faces Italy in the final to try to afford a second star after that of 1998. A world first offered, in large part, by a Zinedine Zidane absolutely sensational.
Eight years later, Zidane has, again, an appointment with his destiny. While playing the last competition of his career at 34, the tricolor captain, once again takes France to the final.
Better, he registers an anthology panenka facing Gigi Buffon before experiencing the worst possible end: caused by Marco Materazzi during extra time, the former Madrid player gave him a violent whim. Red card, defeat on penalties and end of career for Zizou.
“Oh Zinedine, not that Zinedine, oh no, not today, not now, not after all you’ve done”said Thierry Gilardi to comments on TF1. A sentence shared by a whole people, and without a doubt also, by the main interested party.
