Zidane Screws the Pooch

Red card for headbutting another player. Good job, dipshit. Your last chance at winning a Cup and now you're down a man with 10 minutes left. Now I almost hope it goes to a shootout.

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Zidane deserves loads of credit for France's loss in this one. He pretty much destroyed every ounce of momentum they had.

It is kinda sad, actually. Although the substitution for Henry pretty much guaranteed that the penalty kick outcome would have been the same, maybe 5-4 at best.