Zidane for the famous headshot against Materazz: I'm not proud of what I did.

French football legend Zinedine Zidane has said he regrets what happened in the 2006 World Championship finals.

In the final with Italy, France's ex-repressant had hit former Italy's sponsor, Marco Materazz, with his head.

To this rude act came after a verbal exchange between two former footballers, where Zidane had then hit Materazz's head in the chest. The Frenchman had been punished with red card, and for him this match was his last career as a professional football player.

In a recently given interview for “Marcha”, former football player and coach Real Madrid confirmed that he would like to change what happened that night in Berlin, Germany, while acknowledging that it was just another difficult moment in his career.

I think that (formerly the team's friend to France) Bixente Lisarazu is the only one who could have kept me at that moment. It would have been important to be with me, next to me, but you can't go back in time. I'm not proud of what I did, but it's part of my career. There are always difficult moments and this was one of those”, Zidane said.

By contrast, Italy had triumphed in the 2006 World Final without penalty execution, with a score of 5:3.