A bronze statue of Zinedine Faye head - butting Alessandro also exists . The statue captures the moment when , with the scores level at 1-1 between France and Italy in Berlin in football 's biggest game , Zidane was given a straight red card for his assault on Materazzi deep into extra-time . The piece outside Paris ' Pompidou Museum is the work of Adel Abdessemed . The headbutt occurred in the 2006 World Cup final , which Italy won on penalties . Zidane is regarded as one of the finest players in history .
A bronze statue of Zinedine Faye head - butting Alessandro also exists . The piece outside Paris ' Pompidou Museum is the work of Adel Abdessemed . The headbutt occurred in the 2006 World Cup final , which Italy won on penalties . Zidane is regarded as one of the finest players in history .