Goalkeeper or Player Sweeper (1982)
When a player commits a foul, he usually receives the fitting punishment. The harder the foul, the harsher the punishment. German goalkeeper, Harald Schumacher, took on French substitute, Patrick Battiston, in a challenge that knocked the Frenchman unconscious and taken off on a stretcher. Shockingly, the referee didn’t even penalize the keeper for his blatant challenge.
Butting Heads (2006)
Never is there a dull FIFA World Cup final? French striker, Zinedine Zidane, couldn’t have made this less true. During the finals against Italy, he and Italian, Marco Materazzi, were throwing insults at each-other as the game lay in deadlock. When Zidane couldn’t take it anymore, he headbutted Materazzi’s chest which sent the Italian to the ground and the Frenchman off the field.