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Zinedine Zidane’s World Cup headbutt lives on in infamy, 20 years later
It was unquestionably the most astonishing act of violence to occur in the finals of the World Cup. The entire globe tuned in on July 9, 2006 to see France vs. Italy in the most high-stakes battle for soccer supremacy in modern history. The Euro-centric contest in Germany attracted over 700M people to tune in live, and they witnessed not only 120+ minutes of back-and-forth anxiety, but also saw French legend Zinedine Zidane lay out Italy’s Marco Materazzi with a headbutt to the chest so ferociou
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