After starting his mandate at the head of the French team with two away victories in the Nations League, against Turkey (0-1) and Belgium (0-1), Zinedine Zidane will return to the Stade de France on Friday evening, with the reception of Italy. A necessarily special poster for the former Blues number, who ended his playing career against the Nazionale.
Nobody has forgotten this 2006 World Cup final lost on penalties against the Squadra Azzurra. A match that will forever be marked by “Zizou’s” headbutt on Marco Materazzi which earned the new French coach a red card.
Invited before the media on the eve of returning to the Transalpines, Zinedine Zidane was obviously invited to return to this episode which is now part of his legend.
Zidane: “I have no regrets, it’s part of my career”
“The images always remind me of it, as it plays in a loop everywhere (smile)… Fortunately I didn’t just do that and fortunately there are other, nicer images. I think more about positive images”first launched the native of Marseille, before ensuring that he had no regrets.
“No regrets, it’s part of my career, he replied. I’m not proud of what happened. It’s part of a journey. We all do things that aren’t great. The most important thing is what happens next, what will happen tomorrow with the France team. »
