Raymond Domenech still across the throat… On July 9, 2006, the French team had an appointment with Italy in the World Cup final. Unable to decide in regulation time (1-1), the two teams had to go through the extension box. This is where Zinedine Zidane derailed.
In the 110th minute of play, “Zizou” lost its cool and received a red card for having swallowed a whim in the chest of Marco Materazzi, who had just insulted his sister. A scene that the central referee did not see, unlike his assistant on the edge of the touch, which took a look at a small television located next to a cameraman.
“” The fourth referee invented video arbitration that day. No one had seen him. The referee had not seen anything, the touch judge had not seen anything. I'm not saying it was good, but they hadn't seen it “Explained the coach of the Blues of the time, Raymond Domenech, in the program Culture Médias on Europe 1.
Domenech on Zidane: “I find it a shame to finish like that”
And to add: ” The Var did not exist, but there was a small TV for the cameraman that was placed on the side. FIFA has now banned it in the World Cups. They said it is not true, that it did not exist. But I saw him, he was the fourth referee, he saw the images and he called the referee to tell him. So this is the first video arbitration in history. Even if FIFA says the opposite, I can say it. I saw it, I saw how it went. It was Buffon who saw the first, because he was really opposite. But all those who looked at the action, who were the opposite, saw absolutely nothing. »»
The French team will finally bow to penalties. Zinedine Zidane will fail to enter the legend. Indeed, for Raymond Domenech, without this slippage, the former Madrid could have ended his career with a second World Cup and a second Ballon d'Or in pocket.
“I find it a shame to finish like thatdeplored the one who became a consultant for the L'Equipe chain, visibly always bitter. It was his last match. It was the match where he could totally enter the legend from above. He would have been world champion, he would have had the Ballon d'Or, there was something legendary, that no one could never have caught up. He would have won two World Cups. I found a shame not to have knew how to hold your nerves at that time. »»
