Updated with video
France loses World Cup on penalty kicks. Did French team Captain cost them the game in OT by being ejected?
The 2006 World Cup final game was being played in Berlin as I first posted this entry. France and Italy were tied at 1 at the end of regulation. France's goal was scored by team captain Zinedine Zidane.
Then Zidane was ejected from the game for this foul in the closing minutes of overtime:
mondial 2006 coup de boule de Zidane
A really dumb move. The center (head) referee displayed the red card after consulting with the other two officials:
The red card means not only is that player permanently ejected from the game, no substitute may be sent into the game.
The OT period ended with no more scoring. Then each team will got five penalty kicks at goal. Zidane is the best such kicker on France's team, but he was gone.
Italy won the Cup, hitting all five penalty kicks while France missed one. For shot-by-shot grabs, click here:
Much more at my own site, including a frame by frame of the penalty kicks and trophy ceremony. Click here.