Twenty years after his infamous World Cup final headbutt, Zidane faces Italy again as France coach
- On Friday, France coach Zinedine Zidane returns to the Stade de France for his first home match, hosting Italy in a UEFA Nations League game before nearly 80,000 fans.
- France appointed Zidane in late July, succeeding former teammate Didier Deschamps, who stepped down after 14 years in charge following the World Cup in North America.
- Although 20 years have passed, the 2006 headbutt incident remains one of soccer's most iconic moments, yet Zidane tries to "think more about the positives" of his career.
- French players Esteban Lepaul and Manu Kone have expressed admiration for the manager's training sessions, while the squad prepares without captain Kylian Mbappe, who returned to Real Madrid.
- Reflecting on his past, Zidane stated he is "not proud of what happened" in 2006 but acknowledges it as part of his career, saying "you can't only do wonderful things.
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On Friday evening there will be a prestigious duel between France and Italy. For Zinedine Zidane, memories of his famous head kick from the 2006 World Cup final will wake up. The game in the live ticker.
Twenty years after the legendary World Cup final, it comes to a reunion: France coach Zinedine Zidane meets Italy in the Nations League. Before the duel with the "Squadra Azzurra", Zidane's famous head strike against Italy defender Marco Materazzi became the theme again in the final match 2006.
The French team faced Italy at the stadium in France on Friday (20:45 p.m.) for the third day of the League of Nations.
Zinédine Zidane meets Italy at his home premiere. Memories of one of the most notorious scenes in football history are awakened.
The coach and legend of the French national team, Zinedine Zidane, spoke about Marco Materazzi and everything that happened in the 2006 World Cup final. Zinedine Zidane is now on the bench of the French national team and wants to live great moments with it. As he did as a player about 20 years ago with the last game of his great career being in the 2006 World Cup final against Italy. "Zizou" in the press conference he gave before the match of t…
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