Zidane ‘no regrets’ about Materazzi headbutt as France face Italy again
– Dembele ‘no issue’ with Mbappe – France are without captain Kylian Mbappe, who returned to his club Real Madrid after suffering a knee injury while scoring the winning goal in Turkey last week.
New France coach Zinedine Zidane insisted Thursday he has no regrets about his infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final as he prepares to come up against Italy again in his first home game in charge.
Mbappe said in an interview last month with France Football magazine that Dembele “was always seen as a talented player, while I was always seen as the chosen one”.
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