BERLIN — There is some precedent for Zinedine Zidane’s unceremonious ejection from the World Cup final Sunday night for his startling head butt that floored Italy’s Marco Materazzi. In 1998, when ...
A version of this piece was published in 2020. It has been updated to run as part of our special World Cup: Reconsidered series… This is a series re-assessing famous individual or team performances in ...
Zinédine Zidane makes his UEFA Champions League debut as a coach as Real Madrid visit Roma. He had a celebrated playing career but here are some things you may not know. 1. Zidane won his first five ...