Argentina enforcer Leandro Paredes could be eyeing a lengthy ban for his actions following the World Cup final defeat to Spain.
However, he wouldn't be the first to taint the sport's biggest fixture by being sent off in the championship game.
Chaos engulfed the New York-New Jersey Stadium on Sunday when certain members of Lionel Scaloni's squad sparked a brawl with Spain after the full-time whistle.
Paredes was the worst offender of all and was shown a post-game red after he grabbed Eric Garcia's throat and flung Gavi to the floor.
The scenes unfolded a full 20 years after Zinedine Zidane's infamous extra-time headbutt on Marco Materazzi.
The only two scorers in the 2006 World Cup final in Berlin collided when France's talisman nutted his Italian counterpart in the chest in the 110th minute. Italy went on to lift the title after winning on penalties, though Zidane explained he felt compelled to respond in light of some despicable comments from Materazzi:
They were things that are very serious. The words were very personal and they concerned my mother and my sister... JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! Latest news, analysis and much more on Mirror Football's Facebook page
They were very hard words. You hear them once and you feel bad. You hear it twice. Then you hear it a third time...I'm a man, and I'm telling you that I would rather have been punched in the face than have heard those words. But I heard them and I reacted.
Zidane took full ownership of his actions and profusely apologised for reacting as he did. He specifically referenced the
