d the Italian defender, Marco
Materazzi in the 110th minute of the final and was awarded a red card
which ended his international career and ruined France’s chance of
winning the World Cup trophy for the second time. Italy won the trophy
on penalty shoot-out.
The statue has been unveiled outside the famous Pompidou art museum and
shows the grimace on the Italian defender’s face as Zidane plants his
shaven head into his chest. Zinedine Zidane is regarded as France’s
greatest footballer of all time having scored two goals against Brazil
in the France ’98 World Cup Final which won them the trophy for the
first time.
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