MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Idrissa Gueye’s sending-off for Everton for slapping his teammate in the face during a Premier League game joins the list of soccer’s most bizarre red cards.
Here are a few others:
Zidane’s headbutt
Arguably the most famous red card in soccer happened in the World Cup final and to one of the game’s greatest ever players. It was during extra time in the 2006 title match between France and Italy when French star Zinedine Zidane received some insults from opponent Marco Materazzi off the ball. Zidane turned toward Materazzi, approached him and planted his head into the top of the Italy defender’s chest, knocking him to the ground. The incident appeared to have been missed by the on-field referee but after a few minutes of confusion — during which the fourth offic

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