One-goal wonders of world football

Marco Matterazzi

The bad man of football fraternity known for his hard and crass tackling and more for his remarks about Zidane’s family, his wonder goal came in the finals too. While the world remembers his provocation of Zidane, only a few remember that it was his goal that tied the game at 1-1, coming from the back and scoring a towering header from a curling Pirlo corner. After going a goal down by one of the most composed penalties ever scored by Zizou, Materazzi brought the Italians back into the game. And later on in extra time, he got Italy into the game again, in the process disgracing himself all over the world for that incident.